I understand that making a network request inside the view is not recommended, but I need to treat the Custom View as a widget which hides the implementation details. I want to handle everything (even the configuration changes) in the view itself.
Thanks B. On Oct 12, 4:08 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > B++ wrote: > > The "View" instance currently provides a way to retrieve the saved > > state using the methods below, but there doesn't seem a way to > > retrieve the view's saved state in the constructor, or > > onFinishInflate. The custom view is constructed via XML, so I cannot > > pass the saved bundle from the Activity to the View's constructor. > > > Relevant methods: > > - protected Parcelable onSaveInstanceState() and > > - protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Parcelable state) > > > I need this because I make an asynchronous network request in a custom > > view constructor > > Ick. > > > and if there is a configuration (orientation) > > change, the custom view is getting reconstructed, and the request is > > getting performed again. I want to intercept the second request in the > > constructor. I can do this in the onRestoreInstanceState, but I need > > to handle this in the constructor. > > > It would be nice if there was a method such as getSavedState so that > > the decision can be made in a constructor or onFinishInflate instead > > of waiting for the onRestoreInstanceState trigger. > > > Any idea? > > Don't do an asynchronous network request from a View. I realize that > Android isn't necessarily the ideal MVC platform, but I really recommend > you separate your concerns more than that. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 1.0 Available! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
