How can I create a variable that contain class to be used in intent

Question

I have been searching through the webs for clues about a variable that can contain class object, and I found nothing. I believe there is some way to store an information about a class in a variable to be used in intent. Sorry for the bad explanation, here is the code to illustrate what I mean.

MainActivity.class

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    Button startBtn, chooseLevelBtn;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        startBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.startBtn);
        chooseLevelBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.chooseLevelBtn);

        class classVariable = "Level001Activity.class";
        /*
         * I want a variable like this where I can store the Activity.class
         * So that I can use a function to determine the last level played,
         * and so when the player press playBtn, it would automatically
         * send the intent to the latest level
         * Now, how do I achieve this ?
         */

        startBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),
                    classVariable);
                startActivity(i);
            }
        });
    }
}

PS I will be getting the last level played information from a json file I store inside the internal storage of the device. Or any better method is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Yes, you can do that. You need to make it Class rather than class and remove the quotes as it shouldn't be a String :

Class<? extends Activity> classVariable = Level001Activity.class;