In Java 8 it can be written alike this:

ActivityResultLauncher<Intent> startActivityForResult = registerForActivityResult(
    new ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult(),
    result -> {
        if (result.getResultCode() == AppCompatActivity.RESULT_OK) {
            Intent data = result.getData();
            // ...
        }
    }
);

Intent intent = new Intent( ... );
startActivityForResult.launch(intent);

Here's my solution:

In our project, we had 20+ occurrences of startActivityForResult (and onActivityResult).

We wanted to change the code as little as possible (and keep using request codes), while introducing an elegant solution for future use.

Since lots of us, developers, use BaseActivity concept - why not take advantage of it?

Here is BaseActivity:

abstract class BaseActivity : AppCompatActivity()
{
    private var requestCode: Int = -1
    private var resultHandler: ActivityResultLauncher<Intent>? = null

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        registerForActivityResult()
    }

    private fun registerForActivityResult()
    {
        if (shouldRegisterForActivityResult())
        {
            resultHandler = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) { result ->

                onActivityResult(result.data, requestCode, result.resultCode)
                this.requestCode = -1
            }
        }
    }

   fun startActivityForResult(requestCode: Int, intent: Intent)
   {
       this.requestCode = requestCode
       resultHandler?.launch(intent)
   }

   protected open fun onActivityResult(data: Intent?, requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int)
   {
       // For sub activities
   }

   protected open fun shouldRegisterForActivityResult(): Boolean
   {
      // Sub activities that need the onActivityResult "mechanism", should override this and return true
       return false
   }
}

Here is SubActivity:

class SubActivity : BaseActivity()
{
    companion object
    {
        private const val SOME_REQUEST_CODE = 300
    }

    private fun testActivityResult()
    {
        val intent = Intent(this, OtherActivity::class.java)
        startActivityForResult(SOME_REQUEST_CODE, intent)
    }

    override fun shouldRegisterForActivityResult(): Boolean
    {
        return true
    }

    override fun onActivityResult(data: Intent?, requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int)
    {
        if (requestCode == SOME_REQUEST_CODE)
        {
            // Yes!
        }
    }
}

Hope it helps someone

Kotlin version of @Muntashir Akon solution

class BetterActivityResult<Input, Result> private constructor(
  caller : ActivityResultCaller,
  contract : ActivityResultContract<Input, Result>,
  var onActivityResult : ((Result) -> Unit)?,
) {

private val launcher : ActivityResultLauncher<Input> =
   caller.registerForActivityResult(contract) { onActivityResult?.invoke(it) }

  /**
   * Launch activity, same as [ActivityResultLauncher.launch] except that it 
   * allows a callback
   * executed after receiving a result from the target activity.
   */
  /**
   * Same as [.launch] with last parameter set to `null`.
   */
  @JvmOverloads
  fun launch(
     input : Input,
     onActivityResult : ((Result) -> Unit)? = this.onActivityResult,
  ) {
    this.onActivityResult = onActivityResult
    launcher.launch(input)
  }

  companion object {
  /**
   * Register activity result using a [ActivityResultContract] and an in-place 
   * activity result callback like
   * the default approach. You can still customise callback using [.launch].
   */
  fun <Input, Result> registerForActivityResult(
    caller : ActivityResultCaller,
    contract : ActivityResultContract<Input, Result>,
    onActivityResult : ((Result) -> Unit)?,
  ) : BetterActivityResult<Input, Result> {
    return BetterActivityResult(caller, contract, onActivityResult)
  }

  /**
   * Same as [.registerForActivityResult] except
   * the last argument is set to `null`.
   */
  fun <Input, Result> registerForActivityResult(
    caller : ActivityResultCaller,
    contract : ActivityResultContract<Input, Result>,
  ) : BetterActivityResult<Input, Result> {
    return registerForActivityResult(caller, contract, null)
  }

  /**
   * Specialised method for launching new activities.
   */
  fun registerActivityForResult(
    caller : ActivityResultCaller,
  ) : BetterActivityResult<Intent, ActivityResult> {
    return registerForActivityResult(caller, StartActivityForResult())
  }
 }
}

startActivityForResult and onActivityResult is deprecated in android 10 API 30 now we have a new way to get the result using registerForActivityResult

resultContract =
    registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) { result ->
        if (result.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
            // There are no request codes
            val country = result.data?.getParcelableExtra<Country>("Country")
            showLiveDemoDialogue(country)
        }
    }

and to launch activity

val intent = Intent(this, CountriesListActivity::class.java)
        resultContract.launch(intent)

but you should register before you call launch And launch wherever you want. otherwise, you will get this exception

attempting to register while current state is RESUMED. LifecycleOwners must call register before they are STARTED.

It seems that onActivityResult is deprecated in the super class but you did not mention the super class name and compileSdkVersion here in your question.

In Java and Kotlin every class or method could be marked as deprecated simply by adding @Deprecated to it so check your super class you may extend a wrong class.

When a class is deprecated all of its methods are deprecated too.

To see a quick solution click on deprecated method and press Ctrl+Q in Android studio to see documentation of method there should be a solution for it.

In my project using androidx and API 29 as compileSdkVersion, this method is NOT deprecated in activities and fragments

onActivityResult, startActivityForResult, requestPermissions, and onRequestPermissionsResult are deprecated on androidx.fragment from 1.3.0-alpha04, not on android.app.Activity.
Instead, you can use Activity Result APIs with registerForActivityResult.

From now, startActivityForResult() has been deprecated so use new method instead of that.

Kotlin Example

    fun openActivityForResult() {
        startForResult.launch(Intent(this, AnotherActivity::class.java))
    }


    val startForResult = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) { 
    result: ActivityResult ->
        if (result.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
            val intent = result.data
            // Handle the Intent
            //do stuff here
        }
    }

In KOTLIN I changed my code

startActivityForResult(intent, Constants.MY_CODE_REQUEST)

and

override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
    if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
        when (requestCode) {
            Constants.MY_CODE_REQUEST -> {
            ...
}

to

registerForActivityResult(StartActivityForResult()) { result ->
    onActivityResult(Constants.MY_CODE_REQUEST, result)
}.launch(intent)

and

private fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, result: ActivityResult) {
    if(result.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
        val intent = result.data
        when (requestCode) {
            Constants.MY_CODE_REQUEST -> {
            ...

I hope it works for you. :D

ActivityResultLauncher<Intent> someActivityResultLauncher = registerForActivityResult(
        new ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult(),
        new ActivityResultCallback<ActivityResult>() {
            @Override
            public void onActivityResult(ActivityResult result) {
                if (result.getResultCode() == Activity.RESULT_OK) {

                }
            }
        });

You can use extension functions for Koltin. For example:

//random utils file
fun Fragment.buildGetContentRequest(function: (Uri) -> Unit): ActivityResultLauncher<String> {
    return this.registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.GetContent()) {
        function(it)
    }
}

fun Fragment.buildTakePhotoRequest(function: (Boolean) -> Unit): ActivityResultLauncher<Uri> {
    return this.registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.TakePicture()) {
        function(it)
    }
}

fun Fragment.buildSelectMultipleContentRequest(function: (MutableList<Uri>?) -> Unit): ActivityResultLauncher<String> {
    return this.registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.GetMultipleContents()) {
        function(it)
    }
}

And then in your fragment something like this

//your actual fragment logic
class YourFragment : Fragment() {
    //we can assign our request in init process
    private val mRequestSelectFiles = buildSelectMultipleContentRequest { 
        onFilesSelected(it) 
    }


    fun onSelectFiles() {
        val mime = "*/*"
        mRequestSelectFiles.launch(mime)
    }

    fun onFilesSelected(list: MutableList<Uri>?) {
        //your logic
    }
}

I am using kotlin extension to make it very simple. Add below extensiton fucntion in your Extenstions.kt file:

fun AppCompatActivity.startForResult(intent: Intent,
    onResult: (resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) -> Unit
) {
    this.registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) {result ->
        onResult(result.resultCode, result.data)
    }.launch(intent)
}

Now, inside any activity that inherits AppCompatActivity, you can use below simple code:

val i = Intent(this, TargetActivity::class.java)
startForResult(i) { resultCode, data ->
   //put your code here like:
   if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
      //your code here...
      }
   }
}

Update Above implementaion may cause below exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException: LifecycleOwner xxxx is attempting to register while current state is RESUMED. LifecycleOwners must call register before they are STARTED.

So registerForActivityResult should be called in advance for example before onCreate. Here is the alternative solution.

Add below extensiton fucntion in your Extenstions.kt file:

fun AppCompatActivity.registerForResult(onResult: (resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) -> Unit):
        ActivityResultLauncher<Intent> {
    return this.registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) { result ->
        onResult(result.resultCode, result.data)
    }
}

Now, inside any activity that inherits AppCompatActivity, you can use below simple code:

1. Define a class memeber variable for every action requires result

private val myActionResult = registerForResult { resultCode, data ->
   //put your code here like:
   if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
      //your code here...
      }
   }
}

2. Launch the action

val i = Intent(this, TargetActivity::class.java)
myActionResult.launch(i)

If you implement your base Activity like this, you may continure using startActivityForResult in old fashion. The only limitation is you will have to use setResult(result, intent) to set the result within your activity. The key is to let the result carry the request code back to the result consumer.

public class MyBaseActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private ActivityResultLauncher<Intent> activityLauncher;
    protected static String ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE = "my.activity.request.code";
    protected _originalIntent; 

    public void launchActivityForResult(Intent intent, int requestCode){
        intent.putExtra(UGM_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE, requestCode);
        activityLauncher.launch(intent);
    }

    //
    //In order to be signature compatible for the rest of derived activities, 
    //we will override the deprecated method with our own implementation!
    //
    @SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" )
    public void startActivityForResult(Intent intent, int requestCode){
        launchActivityForResult(intent, requestCode);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    _originalIntent = getIntent();
        //set the default result
        setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, _originalIntent);

        activityLauncher = registerForActivityResult(new ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult(), new ActivityResultCallback<ActivityResult>() {
            @Override
            public void onActivityResult(ActivityResult result) {
                Intent intent = result.getData();
                int requestCode = intent.getIntExtra(ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE, -1);
                MyBaseActivity.this.onActivityResult(requestCode, result.getResultCode(), intent);
            }
        });
    }

}

An alternate way to do this is in 3 steps. (Considering you have a startActivityForResult(0 and onActivityResult())

1. create a variable in the form var resultLauncher:ActivityResultLauncher<Intent>
2. create a private function where you initialize the resultLauncher in this basic format

resultLauncher=registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()){result ->  

// copy paste the code from the onActivityResult replacing resultcode to result.resultCode  

if(result.resultcode==Activity.Result_OK){
val data=result.data // this data variable is of type intent and you can use it 

}else{
//code if you do not get the data 
}
}

3. Go to the line with startActivityForResult() and replace it with the line resultLauncher.launch(intent)

Simple Example of registerForActivityResult for both StartActivityForResult & RequestMultiplePermissions from Activity and Fragment [in Kotlin]

Requesting activity for result from Activity

registerForActivityResult(
    ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()
) { activityResult ->
    if (activityResult.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
        //...
    }
}

Check out ActivityResult

Requesting for permissions from Activity?

registerForActivityResult(
    ActivityResultContracts.RequestMultiplePermissions()
) {
    //it: Map<String, Boolean>
}

From Fragment?

Use same methods but make sure you put these implementations in initialization, onAttach(), or onCreate()

Reference : Kotlin - Choose Image from gallery

The Simplest Alernative I've found so far

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
    setContentView(R.id.activity_main)

    var ivPhoto = findViewById<ImageView>(R.id.ivPhoto)
    var btnChoosePhoto = findViewById<Button>(R.id.btnChoosePhoto)

    

val getContent = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.GetContent())  { uri: Uri? ->
            ivPhoto.setImageURI(uri)    // Handle the returned Uri
        }


    btnChoose.setOnClickListener {
        getContent.launch("image/*")
    }
    
    }

There are 4 simple steps to follow while replacing the deprecated method startActivityForResult(...).

1. In place of overridden method onActivityResult(..) -

    ActivityResultLauncher<Intent> activityResultLaunch = registerForActivityResult(
            new ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult(),
            new ActivityResultCallback<ActivityResult>() {
                @Override
                public void onActivityResult(ActivityResult result) {
                    if (result.getResultCode() == 123) {
                        // ToDo : Do your stuff...
                    } else if(result.getResultCode() == 321) {
                        // ToDo : Do your stuff...
                    }
                }
   });
   

For multiple custom requests, append the condition as

if (result.getResultCode() == 123) {
..
} else if(result.getResultCode() == 131){
..
} // so on..

2. Imports :

    import androidx.activity.result.ActivityResult;
    import androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultCallback;
    import androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultLauncher;
    import androidx.activity.result.contract.ActivityResultContracts;
   

3. In place of startActivityForResult(intent, 123), use

    Intent intent = new Intent(this, SampleActivity.class);
    activityResultLaunch.launch(intent);
   

4. In SampleActivity.java class, while returning back to source activity, code will remain the same like -

   Intent intent = new Intent();
   setResult(123, intent);
   finish();
   

Happy Coding! :)

In case you are using SMS consent API then use the following code (Kotlin):

resultLauncher.launch( consentIntent
                            )

    var resultLauncher = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) { result ->
    if (result.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
        // There are no request codes
    //    val data: Intent? = result.data
        val message = result.data?.getStringExtra(SmsRetriever.EXTRA_SMS_MESSAGE)
        getOtpFromMessage(message)

    }
}

This was what how I replaced multiple requestCodes (put this code in your Activity):

    ActivityResultLauncher<Intent> launchCameraActivity = registerForActivityResult(
        new ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult(),
        new ActivityResultCallback<ActivityResult>() {
            @Override
            public void onActivityResult(ActivityResult result) {
                if (result.getResultCode() == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                    Intent data = result.getData();
                    Bitmap photoBitmap;
                    if(data != null && data.getExtras() != null){
                        photoBitmap = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");
                        if (photoBitmap != null) {
                            dataModel.setPhoto(ImageUtil.convert(photoBitmap));
                            imageTaken.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                            imageTaken.setImageBitmap(photoBitmap);
                        }

                    }
                }
            }
        });

ActivityResultLauncher<Intent> launchCameraAndGalleryActivity = registerForActivityResult(
    new ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult(),
    new ActivityResultCallback<ActivityResult>() {
        @Override
        public void onActivityResult(ActivityResult result) {
            if (result.getResultCode() == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                
                Intent data = result.getData();
                Uri imageUri;
                if (data != null) {
                    imageUri = data.getData();
                    InputStream imageStream;
                    try {
                        imageStream = getContentResolver().openInputStream(imageUri);
                        Bitmap photoBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(imageStream);
                        dataModel.setOtherImage(ImageUtil.convert(photoBitmap));
                        documentImageTaken.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                        documentImageTaken.setImageBitmap(photoBitmap);
                    }catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    });

I launch the activities like this:

                    Intent photoIntent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
                launchCameraAndGalleryActivity.launch(photoIntent );

Intent galleryIntent= new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
    launchCameraActivity.launch(galleryIntent);

Adding on to the answers by muntashir akon and abhijeet, you can modify the new format to work like the old format by passing values in the intent, for example:

// calling class
....
val i = Intent(this@GEBShopActivity, BarcodeScannerActivity::class.java)
when(loadedFragment){   
   is ShopHomeFragment      -> { i.putExtra("myapp.result.code", CODE_ACTIVITY_SCAN_LIST_MAINT) }
   is ShopListFragment      -> { i.putExtra("myapp.result.code", CODE_ACTIVITY_SCAN_LIST_MAINT) }
   is ShopItemMaintFragment -> { i.putExtra("myapp.result.code", CODE_ACTIVITY_SCAN_ITEM_MAINT) }
   is ShopPriceFragment     -> { i.putExtra("myapp.result.code", CODE_ACTIVITY_PRICE_CAPTURE) }
   is ShopCompareFragment   -> { i.putExtra("myapp.result.code", CODE_ACTIVITY_PRICE_CAPTURE) }
}
shopFragmentLauncher.launch(i)
....

// called class
....
val resultIntent = Intent()
val bundle = Bundle()
bundle.putStringArrayList("scanned_barcodes", scanned_barcodes)
bundle.putInt("scan_count", scan_count)
resultIntent.putExtras(bundle)
resultIntent.putExtra("myapp.result.code", intent.getIntExtra("myapp.result.code", 0))
setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, resultIntent)
....

This will allow you to keep the class called the same with just the one extra line to add your original called result code. Also allows you to create a reusable launcher instance.

After being stuck for few hours. I figured out my issue. So when I was trying to use the intent I was moving directly to the next activity without using the Google Sign In.

What worked for me :

Inside OnCreate set the onClickListener for the sign-in button :

 btnSignIn.setOnClickListener {
    signIn()
    }

private fun signIn() {
    val intent = client.signInIntent
    mainActivityResultLauncher.launch(intent)
}

In the above code I was writing the intent to go to the next activity but I had to write client.signInIntent

var mainActivityResultLauncher = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()){ result ->

    if(result.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK){
        val data = result.data
        val task = GoogleSignIn.getSignedInAccountFromIntent(data)
        try {
            // Google Sign In was successful, authenticate with Firebase
            val account = task.getResult(ApiException::class.java)!!
            Log.d(TAG, "firebaseAuthWithGoogle:" + account.id)
            firebaseAuthWithGoogle(account.idToken!!)
        } catch (e: ApiException) {
            // Google Sign In failed, update UI appropriately
            Log.w(TAG, "Google sign in failed", e)
        }
    }
}

dor506 answer worked for me as i use BaseActivity in most of my projects so it is easier for me to change the code in single file rather than all my activites. I have written the java version of this code.

BaseActivity code :

private int requestCode = -1;
private ActivityResultLauncher<Intent> resultHandler = null;

 @Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    mContext = this;

    registerForActivityResult();
}
  private final void registerForActivityResult() {
    if (shouldRegisterForActivityResult()) {
        this.resultHandler = registerForActivityResult(new ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult(),
                new ActivityResultCallback() {

            public void onActivityResult(Object var1) {
                this.onActivityResult((ActivityResult)var1);
            }

            public final void onActivityResult(ActivityResult result) {
                Intrinsics.checkNotNullExpressionValue(result, "result");
                AppActivityClass.onActivityResult(result.getData(), AppActivityClass.this.requestCode, result.getResultCode());
                AppActivityClass.this.requestCode = -1;
            }
        });
    }
}

public final void startActivityForResult(int requestCode, Intent intent) {
    this.requestCode = requestCode;
    if (resultHandler != null) {
        resultHandler.launch(intent);
    }
}

protected static void onActivityResult(Intent intent, int requestCode, int resultCode) {
}

protected Boolean shouldRegisterForActivityResult() {
    return false;
}

Now in any activity use this code like this:

 @Override
protected Boolean shouldRegisterForActivityResult() {
    return true;  // this will override the baseactivity method and we can use onactivityresult
}

  private void someMethod(){
    Intent i = new Intent(mContext,SomeOtherClassActivity.class);
    startActivityForResult(101,i);
}

  @Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, @Nullable Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (requestCode == 101) {
        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
            //revert from called class
        }
    }
}

Sharing solution that I've found

First, register this activity for result using registerForActivityResult This will return an object of type ActivityResultLauncher<Intent!> Like this,

private val getResult =
        registerForActivityResult(
            ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()
        ) {
            if (it.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                val value = it.data?.getStringExtra("input")
            }
        }

Now where ever we want to launch activity for result we can use getResult.launch(intent)

I figured how to do it properly from a Fragment in Kotlin, to capture an image and handle returned bitmap. It is pretty much the same in other cases too.

First, you have to register the fragment to listen for the activity results. This has to be done before initiating the fragment, which means creating a member variable instead of initiating within onCreate function.

class DummyFragment : Fragment() {

  //registering fragment for camera listener
  private val takePhoto = registerForActivityResult(
    ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()
  ) {
    if (it.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
      val imageBitmap = it.data?.extras?.get("data") as Bitmap
      // do your thing with the obtained bitmap
    }
  }

  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
  }

}

Then, call the camera intent as you would normally do. And use this above-created variable to launch the intent.

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
  someRandomButton.setOnClickListener {
    val takePictureIntent = Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE)
    takePhoto.launch(takePictureIntent)
  }
}