Android example source code file (SaveRestoreState.java)

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The SaveRestoreState.java Android example source code

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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package com.example.android.apis.app;

// Need the following import to get access to the app resources, since this
// class is in a sub-package.
import com.example.android.apis.R;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

/**
 * <p>Demonstrates required behavior of saving and restoring dynamic activity
 * state, so that an activity will restart with the correct state if it is
 * stopped by the system.</p>
 *
 * <p>In general, any activity that has been paused may be stopped by the system
 * at any time if it needs more resources for the currently running activity.
 * To handle this, before being paused the
 * {@link android.app.Activity#onSaveInstanceState onSaveInstanceState()} method is called before
 * an activity is paused, allowing it to supply its current state.  If that
 * activity then needs to be stopped, upon restarting it will receive its
 * last saved state in
 * {@link android.app.Activity#onCreate}.</p>
 * <p>In this example we are currently saving and restoring the state of the
 * top text editor, but not of the bottom text editor.  You can see the difference
 * by editing the two text fields, then going to a couple different
 * applications while the demo is running and then returning back to it.  The
 * system takes care of saving a view's state as long as an id has been
 * assigned to the view, so we assign an ID to the view being saved but not
 * one to the view that isn't being saved.</p>
 * <h4>Demo
 * App/Activity/Save & Restore State
 * <h4>Source files
 * <table class="LinkTable">
        <tr>
            <td class="LinkColumn">src/com.example.android.apis/app/SaveRestoreState.java