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Android Android Activity Lifecycle The Activity Lifecycle Saving Instance State

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<noob />
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What this method does?

Hi, what exactly this method does?

 @Override
    protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);

        outState.putString(KEY_FACT, mFact);
        outState.putInt(KEY_COLOR, mColor);

Marie Franklin

1 Answer

Clemence Ngwenya
Clemence Ngwenya
24,178 Points
Clemence Ngwenya
Clemence Ngwenya
24,178 Points

this method saves the state of the activity using key-value pairs (Bundle) to maintain persistence eg when you rotate screen. you can retrieve the values using getString(KEY) and getInt(KEY) methods on a bundle you get in onCreate(...) method;