On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 3:49 AM, Suresh Pal <[email protected]> wrote: > It means both of these methods are called whenever there is > configuration changes - because my understanding is restart is also > killing the activity.
Correct. > So, I wonder what are differences between the two methods and in why > should one not use onSaveInstanceState() instead of > onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() for the configuration changes. Use both. Take a look at the data types accepted by Bundle -- what does not fit in a Bundle will need to be handled via onRetainNonConfigurationInstance(). -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
