On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Ferm <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to play a video when the main activity launches from the appicon. >
Every single time? Are you sure about this? > Application.onCreate() is not always called > It is when the activity is first created. If you press home afterward and then re-select the app icon, then no, it won't get called, but then you should be resuming the video, not starting it all over again. > How can I do this? > Start your video in onCreate, pause it in onPause(), resume it in onResume(), and save its position onSavedInstanceState so you can restart it where the user left off in onRestoreInstanceState. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking -- 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 To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.

