This *does* appear to be what's happening. When I overrode onRestoreInstanceState with an empty method, it worked as I had originally surmised.
Thanks. On Monday, April 22, 2013 3:30:31 PM UTC-5, TreKing wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 2:36 PM, bob <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> The field still says "don't phone home" even though the et.setText("phone >> home"); code ran again. >> >> Can someone help me understand this? >> > > The EditText, like many built-in controls, saves and restores it's state > as part of the configuration change. The same thing would happen with a > checkbox. > > While you changed the text in onCreate, an Activity calls > onRestoreInstance state *after* onCreate, at which point the EditText's > previously saved value is restored. This is a good thing as it prevents you > from having to write save / restore code for everything in your UI. > > Read the documentation on the activity life cycle for more details. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > -- -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
