title: Receiving Intent EXTRA_MESSAGE from Another Application
body: <p>In my Eclipse workspace I have my main application: A
  and I have another fully functional application: B</p>
  
  <p>I have configured appliction A to open up application B upon the click of a button by using an Intent and it works.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Here is the issue:</strong></p>
  
  <p>In application B I need to receive the EXTRA_MESSAGE. However, I am unable to access the info because application B does not recognize application A:</p>
  
  <pre><code>String message = intent.getStringExtra(MainActivity.EXTRA_MESSAGE_DESC);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>states that "MainActivity" cannot be resolved to a variable. </p>
  
  <p>*addendum: I am working on the actual code of application B, as opening the class reference in application A gives me a uneditable display.</p>
  
  <p>It seems that I would need to alter the manifest of application B, and add application A in the build path of B... this seems messy and not reusablely friendly.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you for any help</p>