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Android Android Activity Lifecycle The Activity Lifecycle Saving and Retrieving Instance State

Let's practice saving and retrieving instance state. Start by initializing a key named KEY_USERENTRY.

Let's practice saving and retrieving instance state. Start by initializing a key named KEY_USERENTRY.

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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"Key" in this case would be a "private static final String" with that name and any value.

public static final String KEY_USERENTRY="KEY_USERENTRY";