I have found that setting the theme needs to happen before the super.onCreate() call.
Otherwise, I put it first -- there definitely many things that need to happen later. I've complained before that this isn't well-specified. It really, really should be. On Aug 3, 8:09 am, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Moto <medicalsou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I guess since it's not really enforced I'm not sure it really matters? > > Usually, no, it doesn't matter. Of course you could run into issues where > your derived functions depend on state that is altered by calling super. > This does not seem to be the case in Android, at least as far as the life > cycle methods are concerned, AFAIK. > > > I tried both ways and it works but I'm afraid to maybe get some memory > > leaks or things that are not apparent now but can cause harm or unexpected > > issues on some users... > > I think you're over-thinking the issue. In general, I'd say just call super > first and then do your work, unless you have a good reason to do otherwise > (the documentation tells you to or you know the implementation and know why > you're doing it differently). > > > Mark, not calling super at onCreate will lead to a crash... :) > > To clarify, Mark said: > > > There's nothing in Java that forces you to have super.onCreate() at the > > beginning. > > Which is true - a) *Java* does not require this - you will compile and run > fine. The crash you get when omitting onCreate is an *Android* requirement. > And b) it's not required to be at the beginning of the function as calling > super in the constructor is. > > > I got maybe a little more insight on this but still no definite answer... > > maybe is not much of a big deal? :P > > It's really not, unless it breaks your app. It probably won't though. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
