OH.... obviously, I don't know why I was so set on using the savedInstance... Anyway SharedPreferences works great.
Chris On Jan 20, 3:03 pm, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Chris <cbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to save the state of my app while I shut it down but every > > time I bring it back up savedInstanceState is always null..? > > If your app is shut down completely, there is no state to save. > > > I couldn't seem to find much info on calling onSaveInstanceState properly > > so here's what I did > > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onSa...)http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html#actlife > <http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onSa...)> > > > > > onPause () > > {... > > Bundle test = new Bundle(); > > this.onSaveInstanceState(test); > > } > > You're not supposed to be calling onSaveInstanceState - the system does this > for you as an indication that you are liable for axing. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------- > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
