How to keep a TextView's content when changing the Activity

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I'm pretty new to Android Development and I've come across a problem with my TextView. I have an XML file that contains a ScrollView and a TextView:

<ScrollView
    android:id="@+id/scroll1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fillViewport="true" >

            <TextView 
                android:id="@+id/textView"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:freezesText="true">
            </TextView>

    </ScrollView>

And I have included it in two different XML files

<LinearLayout
  xmlns:android="http://ift.tt/nIICcg"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent"
  android:orientation="vertical">

<LinearLayout 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <include
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:id="@+id/story_view"
        layout="@layout/story_view" />

    <EditText 
        android:id="@+id/editText1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:hint="@string/add_text">
    </EditText>

</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <Button android:text="@string/end_button"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:onClick="endButtonPressed">
    </Button>

    <Button android:text="@string/submit_button"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:onClick="textAdded">
    </Button>

</LinearLayout>

and

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://ift.tt/nIICcg"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">

<LinearLayout 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <include
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        layout="@layout/story_view" />

</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <Button android:text="@string/save"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:onClick="saveToDevice">
    </Button>

    <Button android:text="@string/facebook"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:onClick="saveToFacebook">
    </Button>

</LinearLayout>

But when I go from the first XML file to the other (and changing the Activity in the process), the content of the TextView disappears. I have tried freezesText but that doesn't seem to work.

Ordinarily I would just pass the content in an intent but my text is in different colours and I want to maintain that.

I could pass a Bitmap image in an intent but I want to avoid that if possible.

Thanks.

asked 1 min ago

user3801877

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