mcswd01, You also might take a look at using the onDestroy() event of the first/ main Activity. onDestroy for the main activity will only get called if you hit back from that activity of call finish() for that activity. I think this is what you are looking for.
On Jan 17, 10:13 am, mscwd01 <mscw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay, I'll have to opt for the stop/start approach each time you > switch from Activity to Activity - its not a very elegant solution > though. > > Im suprised theres not a "whole application has lost focus".onPause(). > > On Jan 17, 3:27 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > > > mscwd01 wrote: > > > Isn't onPause() called when one Activity calls another too? > > > Sure. > > > > I want to know when an entire Activity has lost focus, > > > What is "an entire Activity"? > > > > if I use onPause > > > () in an Activity which calls another, when the other Activity has > > > started the initiating Activity's onPause() method is called. > > > Correct. Suspend network activity on every onPause(); re-enable network > > processing on every onResume(). Then, if any activity is active, network > > processing is in operation; if all are paused, network processing is > > stopped. > > > If by "an entire Activity" you really mean "an entire application", so > > long as all the components are in the same process, and so long as you > > use loose coupling so garbage collection isn't impeded, you can > > communicate among collaborating activities however you wish. > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
