A small addendum: you do not have to create your own name for the key, android provides these, f.ex. Intent.EXTRA_TEXT. Modifying the accepted answer: Intent i = new Intent(FirstScreen.this, SecondScreen.class); String strName = null; i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, strName); Then, to retrieve the value try something like: More @Wikipedia
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