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molikto
molikto

Reputation: 536

Can an activity be killed with just onPause?

This is what I read from a book:

The activity can be destroyed silently after onPause(). We should never assume that either onStop() or onDestroy() is called.

But according to the documentation, Pause refers to partly visible, can an activity partly visible be killed without calling onStop or onDestory?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1527

Answers (2)

shmoula
shmoula

Reputation: 1083

Refering to activity lifecycle - if activity is killed by system, it can be killed silently in Pause state within calling onStop or onDestroy.

Upvotes: 0

Alex Lockwood
Alex Lockwood

Reputation: 83313

There is no guarantee that onStop or onDestroy will be called. In situations when memory is severely lacking, the partially visible and out-of-focus Activity may be destroyed to reclaim resources. However, there is no guarantee that either of the two mentioned lifecycle methods will be called before doing so. This is why it is important to save persistent state in onPause instead of onStop and onDestroy.

Upvotes: 8

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