I have an application that is driven by a configuration XML: various app properties are loaded at the app start-time by parsing the XML and initializing static variables of some class. The data read from this XML drives different Activities of the application. Presently, I have called the "parsing and the properties-initialization" from the onCreate() of my Main Activity.
I have a few questions as regards this case/approach: 1. Should I invoke the app initialization method from the Application Object or is the current approach correct? What advantages/ disadvantages do/would we get/have if I choose to invoke it from the Application object? 2. Do we really need a static class? Can we have all the properties as a static Collection variable in the application object? 3. Parsing a XML(~200 nodes) at app load time might take some time(not sure how long tho); How can I avoid the dreaded ANRs? I am using a Pull Parser. Please help me find answers to these questions. Thank you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
