Data communication in Activity to Activity

 Extension function for data communication in activity to activity 

 inline fun <reified T : Activity> Context.openActivity(vararg params: Pair<String, Any>) {  
   val intent = Intent(this, T::class.java)  
   intent.putExtras(*params)  
   this.startActivity(intent)  
 }  
 fun Intent.putExtras(vararg params: Pair<String, Any>): Intent {  
   if (params.isEmpty()) return this  
   params.forEach { (key, value) ->  
     when (value) {  
       is Int -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is Byte -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is Char -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is Long -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is Float -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is Short -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is Double -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is Boolean -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is Bundle -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is String -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is IntArray -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is ByteArray -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is CharArray -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is LongArray -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is FloatArray -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is Parcelable -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is ShortArray -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is DoubleArray -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is BooleanArray -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is CharSequence -> putExtra(key, value)  
       is Array<*> -> {  
         when {  
           value.isArrayOf<String>() ->  
             putExtra(key, value as Array<String?>)  
           value.isArrayOf<Parcelable>() ->  
             putExtra(key, value as Array<Parcelable?>)  
           value.isArrayOf<CharSequence>() ->  
             putExtra(key, value as Array<CharSequence?>)  
           else -> putExtra(key, value)  
         }  
       }  
       is java.io.Serializable -> putExtra(key, value)  
     }  
   }  
   return this  
 }  

Simple using:

 startActivity<MainActivity>()  

With extra:

 startActivity<MainActivity>{  
   putExtra("param 1", "Simple")  
 }  

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