I get "no such project" when I try to go to your link. On Mar 12, 1:05 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh good lord, there is nothing intrinsically evil about globals or > singletons. Just don't abuse them. > > For example, say I want to do a query on the package manager about a set of > applications that are available. If I stick this as local data inside of a > particular activity, then every time the user presses back and returns to > the activity the state needs to be reloaded, and if I want to share that > state with another activity I need to figure out some way to get the object > over to the other activity without using an evil global. > > Just use a singleton and a global. It's the appropriate tool for this. > Like the current code here in Manage Applications, which works 10x better > in gingerbread because it was refactored to have a cleanly controlled > singleton that tracks everything that needs to be known about the installed > applications across all parts of the UI: > > http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Settings.git;... > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Brill Pappin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Singleton is also one to be avoided however... just like global vars :) > > However, as we're working on a (sort of) limited device, Singletons are a > > way of life. > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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.
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