Java – NullPointerException when sending a StringArray using Parcelable

I’m having a strange problem sending an intent with a parcelable object. This object has an array of strings. How to send an object from one Android Activity to another using Intents? I first create my object as packageable and then send it. Here is my code fragment:

    public class MyObject implements Parcelable{

    private String _title = null;
    private String[] _genre;
    private int _time = 0;
    private String _disc = null;

    private static final String TAG = "MyObject";

    public MyObject (String title, String[] genre, int time, String disc) {
        _title = title;
        _genre = genre;
        _time = time;
        _disc = disc;
    }



    public MyObject(Parcel source) {
            /*
             * Reconstruct from the Parcel
             */
            Log.v(TAG, "ParcelData(Parcel source): time to put back parcel data");
            _title = source.readString();
            try{
                source.readStringArray(_genre);
            }catch(Exception e){
                Log.e(TAG,e.toString());
            }
        _time = source.readInt();
        _disc = source.readString();
    }

    /*... Getters and setters and other stuff...*/

    @Override
    public int describeContents() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
        Log.v(TAG, "writeToParcel..."+ flags);
        dest.writeString(_title);
        dest.writeStringArray(_genre);
        dest.writeInt(_time);
        dest.writeString(_disc);
        Log.i(TAG,_genre[0]);
    }

    // this is used to regenerate your object. All Parcelables must have a CREATOR that implements these two methods
    public static final Parcelable.Creator<MyObject> CREATOR = new Parcelable.Creator<MyObject>() {
        public MyObject createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
            return new MyObject(in);
        }

        public MyObject[] newArray(int size) {
            return new MyObject[size];
        }
    };
}

It seems okay to send.

Intent displayInfo = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MovieInfo.class);
                    displayInfo.putExtra(OBJECT, mySQLiteAdapter.getEntry(idSet));
                    startActivity(displayInfo);

However, when I try to get this data

Intent intent = getIntent();
        myParcel = (MyObject) intent.getParcelableExtra(FBM2Activity.OBJECT);

I get NullPointerException from readStringArray. Does anyone know where I might go wrong?

Use _genre = source.createStringArray().

The reason behind this is that the expectation is readStringArray(String[] val) an array element that has already been created String[]with the val correct number. When_genre you call source.readStringArray(_genre) , is . null