I would suggest instead saving the data in onPause() and restoring it in onCreate(). (And if you are doing this, you should turn off the text view's auto-saving of its data in the saved instance state, since you no longer need that.)
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > > pink 444 wrote: > > Hai, > > I have a EditText filed in my Activity class,Where i need to > > retain data,when orientation is changed or "HOME" button is pressed or > > "BACK(FINISH)" is pressed. > > > > Android internally maintaining EditText when orientation is > > changed or HOME button is pressed .But it is not maintaining EditText > > status when BACK button is pressed. > > > > How can i make it happen to retain data in all three cases > > (orientation is changed,HOME is pressed, Back is pressed) in a > > feasible way? > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated highly. > > Step #1: Implement onKeyDown() in your activity > > Step #2: Watch for KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK > > Step #3: When you get that event, save your data someplace, and still > pass the key event to the superclass for processing > > Step #4: In onCreate(), if you are not passed a Bundle, look for the > data wherever you stored in from Step #3 > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 1.0 In Print! > > > > -- 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
