You can use Activity.onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() to transfer an active object across activity instances. Just be careful that the object doesn't continue referencing the old activity.
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:59 AM, ben rosenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > hey folks, > > to make a long story short, I'm working on an app that plays streaming > video content in a VideoView with a MediaController; Im wondering how > I can preserve the state of my VideoView across orientation changes, > such that opening the keyboard doesn't restart the playback, etc.. > > I've been messing around with onSaveInstanceState, but Im fairly > certain I'm missing something (possibly Parcelized objects?) .. > Ideally i think I'd like to save and restore the state of the > MediaPlayer, as well as an HttpClient (or at least its cookiejar) ... > I suspect this will have to be done with Parcelables, but I don't > quite have my head around how those work (and the Notepad example > hasn't helped).. > > any suggestions, or especially code or pseudocode examples, would be > greatly apprectiated > > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
