On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Cranke <[email protected]> wrote:

> I noticed a strange problem with one of my apps.  After a task kill (via,
> say, a task killer app) and a restart of the app, the public static class
> variables seem to get reset to null.
>

This is not a "strange problem". This is "expected behavior".


> Can someone explain why this happens?
>
And, better yet, a way to work around it?
>

Search this group for "static null" or something. This comes up a lot.


>    ...............
>
   // Check if our static is still non-null.
>    // How can it be null when the only way to get to SubActivity is
>    // through StaticTest, and StaticTest initializes
>    // StaticTest.ourStatic to be non-null?
>

That is not the only way to get to SubActivity. Review the lifecycle
documentation to see why not.

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transit tracking app for Android-powered devices

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