> Hmmm...so, static class members are definitely always > preserved through an orientation flip?
Unless you manually null them out or something, yes. Static data, services, Application subclasses, and the like all are unaffected by rotations. > For example, I assume that doesn't necessarily apply to > other sorts of changes, such as switching to another app. If an app > goes to the background long enough and the user does enough other > things with the device, it surely must get shunted from memory if the > OS needs the RAM back, so in such a case statics would not survive the > app coming back to the foreground, right? Correct. Static data, services, and Application subclasses are only good for short-term storage. Anything that might need to survive a normal closing of your activity should be saved either through onSaveInstanceState() or your own files/database in a method like onDestroy(). -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
