Reader small image

You're reading from  Android Studio 4.1 Development Essentials – Java Edition

Product typeBook
Published inMay 2021
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781801815161
Edition1st Edition
Right arrow
Author (1)
Neil Smyth
Neil Smyth
author image
Neil Smyth

Neil Smyth has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles in software development and enterprise-level UNIX and Linux system administration. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in information technology, he also holds A+, Security+, Network+, Project+, and Microsoft Certified Professional certifications and is a CIW Database Design Specialist. Neil is the co-founder and CEO of Payload Media, Inc. (a technical content publishing company), and the author of the Essentials range of programming and system administration books.
Read more about Neil Smyth

Right arrow

38.4 Lifecycle States and Events

When the status of a lifecycle owner changes, the assigned Lifecycle object will be updated with the new state. At any given time, a lifecycle owner will be in one of the following five states:

Lifecycle.State.INITIALIZED

Lifecycle.State.CREATED

Lifecycle.State.STARTED

Lifecycle.State.RESUMED

Lifecycle.State.DESTROYED

As the component transitions through the different states, the Lifecycle object will trigger events on any observers that have been added to the list. The following events are available for implementation within the lifecycle observer:

Lifecycle.Event.ON_CREATE

Lifecycle.Event.ON_START

Lifecycle.Event.ON_RESUME

Lifecycle.Event.ON_PAUSE

Lifecycle.Event.ON_STOP

Lifecycle.Event.ON_DESTROY

Lifecycle.Event.ON_ANY

Annotations are used within the observer class to associate methods with lifecycle events. The...

lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Android Studio 4.1 Development Essentials – Java Edition
Published in: May 2021Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801815161

Author (1)

author image
Neil Smyth

Neil Smyth has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles in software development and enterprise-level UNIX and Linux system administration. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in information technology, he also holds A+, Security+, Network+, Project+, and Microsoft Certified Professional certifications and is a CIW Database Design Specialist. Neil is the co-founder and CEO of Payload Media, Inc. (a technical content publishing company), and the author of the Essentials range of programming and system administration books.
Read more about Neil Smyth