*> why avoid them like the plague? * Here is some light reading on the subject:
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?GlobalVariablesAreBad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_variable http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2157685/why-no-global-variables-in-java-like-c In general, it is considered a bad coding practice... Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:15 PM, David Williams <[email protected] > wrote: > Justin, > > Thanks for the information, I will have to look into just what subclassing > the Application means/is and also SharedPreferences. > > That said, why avoid them like the plague? If you don't use global > variables then just how do you get some kind of static value (which is > really what I'm after) available to all aspects of your app code? > > TreKing, will look into the public static values as this might be more of > what I need. > ------------------------------ > > David Williams > Check out our WebOS mobile phone app for the Palm Pre and Pixi: > <http://www.dtw-consulting.com/GolfCaddie> Golf > Caddie<http://www.dtw-consulting.com/GolfCaddie>| Golf > Caddie Forum <http://www.dtw-consulting.com/GolfCaddie/forum> | Golf > Caddie FAQ <http://www.dtw-consulting.com/GolfCaddie/faq.html> by > DTW-Consulting, Inc. > > > > On 3/9/2011 3:05 PM, Justin Anderson wrote: > > The best way is to avoid them like the plague... > > If you can't then you can either subclass Application and make them > available there or you can use SharedPreferences... > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developer > http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:41 PM, David Williams < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> All, >> >> What is the best way of going about setting up global variables? There >> will be like 5-6 global variables that I would like to set when my app is >> launched that are then available for any code anywhere in my app. >> I did something similar to this under Mojo on WebOS. I just set some >> global variables during the stage-assistant.js script that could then be >> used by any script. >> >> TIA. >> -- >> ------------------------------ >> >> David Williams >> Check out our WebOS mobile phone app for the Palm Pre and Pixi: >> <http://www.dtw-consulting.com/GolfCaddie> Golf >> Caddie<http://www.dtw-consulting.com/GolfCaddie>| Golf >> Caddie Forum <http://www.dtw-consulting.com/GolfCaddie/forum> | Golf >> Caddie FAQ <http://www.dtw-consulting.com/GolfCaddie/faq.html> by >> DTW-Consulting, Inc. >> >> >> -- >> 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 > > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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 > -- 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
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