It isn't stored anywhere persistent. It is only kept in RAM, and only for as long as that particular activity "instance" may need to be launched again. (That is, if you call finish(), that activity instance is gone, and any saved state no longer needs to be kept.)
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Mathias Lin <[email protected]> wrote: > Where is the UI state information (used in super.onCreate(Bundle > savedInstanceState)) stored and how can it be deleted from another app or > command line on a rooted phone? > > > I need to delete the user data (username, password) of both the native > Facebook app (com.facebook.katana) and the stock browser on Android > (com.android.browser) on a rooted phone via command line (which I call from > my own app) or elsewhere from my own app. > > This is what I'm calling: > > rm /data/data/com.android.browser/cache/webviewCache/* > rm /data/data/com.android.browser/databases/* > killall -9 com.android.browser > > rm /data/data/com.facebook.katana/cache/webviewCache/* > rm /data/data/com.facebook.katana/databases/* > killall -9 com.facebook.katana > > After I kill the facebook process, I check the running processesand there > is no FB process running anymore. I then restart FB via long-press on home > and choosing the FB app. Previous username/password still show on the login > screen (= same screen as I left it before I killed the app). When I then > press 'back' on the device, and then start the app again via home long-press > / select FB, the login screen is empty. > > Where do the values for username/password come when I start FB again in the > first place? I assume that the login activity still retrieves the > savedInstanceState, but how could that be avoided - or else, where are those > UI states actually stored, in order to delete them? Shouldn't the restarted > app, after all it's processes are killed, already be in a new lifecycle? > > Same problem is with the stock browser: if i leave the browser and I'm on > the login page of for example gmail.com where the username/password is > entered (but form not submitted yet), then killing the browser process, the > values (username) entered into the form will still be there after restarting > the app again after it's been killed. > > > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
