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Android Threads and Services Bound Services Binding Initiated

Mateo Cuervo
Mateo Cuervo
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Posted by Mateo Cuervo
Mateo Cuervo
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How do you know when to leave super.methodName() and when to erase it?

I would like to know since in this video they leave super.onStart() for MainActivity but in other classes such as the Services they erased super.methodName() why is that?

1 Answer

Ben Deitch
STAFF
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher

When extending classes we didn't write, unless we want to dig through the source code, we're reliant on whoever wrote that class to tell us how to extend it (e.g. do we need to call super?). And luckily they did, it's the note at the bottom of this section of the docs.

leo you
leo you
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leo you
leo you
1,723 Points

read the docs, but still confused, which android video in treehouse explains this concept or any other source?