An easier but less graceful way is just to System.exit(0) in the onPause then start from scratch every time...
On May 21, 1:14 am, Raghav Sood <[email protected]> wrote: > When it is in the background, Android kills your application when it needs > more resources. One way to keep your data would be to write it to > SharedPreferences in onPause(), and read it from the same in onResume(). > > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/SharedPreferen... > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:33 AM, jon dattilo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > I'm working on developing my first real application beyond the basic > > tutorials. It is a fairly simple flashcard program for me to use in > > school and I have it up and running smoothly. It utilizes a set of > > variables to keep track of how many and which cards I have seen, > > nothing too fancy. However, sometimes when I switch to another > > application and come back to my program, it restarts everything, while > > in other instances it will pick up where the program left off. There > > doesn't seem to be any pattern to when the program resets, and I don't > > have any task killer software installed that would end the program > > without my knowledge. > > > I am inquiring how I tell the program to simply continue running in > > the background, and then if there is a function I can insert to "quit" > > the program so I can assign that to a button? I posted the start up > > code below, and would be happy to post more if someone could direct me > > to what would be relevant. As you can see I have it programed to go to > > the app's home screen when the app loads for the first time, which > > works if the app has quit and is restarting, but in most circumstances > > it resumes the flashcard portion, almost as if you had loaded the > > program and pressed the resume button from the home screen (which is > > what I want to happen all the time). I would be fine with loading the > > home screen every time someone switched out of the application, as > > long as the variables didn't reset when that happens. Any advice would > > be much appreciated. > > > @Override > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){ > > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > setContentView(R.layout.home); > > goHome(); > > } > > > public void goHome(){ //defines the home screen > > setContentView(R.layout.home); > > > final Button instructionButton = (Button) > > findViewById(R.id.instructionButton); > > instructionButton.setOnClickListener(this); > > > final Button newButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.newButton); > > newButton.setOnClickListener(this); > > > final Button resumeButton = (Button) > > findViewById(R.id.resumeButton); > > resumeButton.setOnClickListener(this); > > > final Button reviewButton = (Button) > > findViewById(R.id.reviewButton); > > reviewButton.setOnClickListener(this); > > } > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > Raghav Sood > Please do not email private questions to me as I do not have time to answer > them. Instead, post them to public forums where others and I can answer and > benefit from them.http://www.appaholics.in/- > Founderhttp://www.apress.com/9781430239451- Author > +91 81 303 77248 -- 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
