Maybe a documentation bug, but this is just how Android is designed: most developers know this (or quickly learn it when their app crashes after they turn their screen :-).
Kris On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Shri <[email protected]> wrote: > Using setIntent() is dangerous in the face of activity recreations (which > can be more easily triggerred with "Developer settings | Don't keep > activities"). Normally getIntent() returns the intent set by setIntent(). > However, this gets reset after the activity is recreated. This is in line > with the trivial implementation of setIntent() in > https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/master/core/java/android/app/Activity.java > > public void setIntent(Intent newIntent) { > mIntent = newIntent; > } > > This seems like a "bug" in setIntent in the sense that it misleads people > into thinking that it can be used to cache state without realizing the > activity recreate problem. Am I missing anything? > > Thanks, > Shri > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
