Thanks Dianne. Very helpful indeed. For process lifetime, I don't think you're referring to the "entire lifetime" of an Activity as defined on the API reference page for Activity (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ Activity.html):
"The entire lifetime of an activity happens between the first call to onCreate(Bundle) through to a single final call to onDestroy()". Rather, you're referring to a broader lifetime of the process that underlies the Activity.... correct? This would be the lifetime associated with android.os.Process I assume.... Richard Schilling Root Wireless On Jul 14, 1:23 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > Statics are statics -- they are global to the process. So their value will > last for the lifetime of the process, which is usually much longer than an > individual activity instance. > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Richard Schilling < > > > > richard.rootwirel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I just ran into a situation where it looks like a static variable > > reference is persisted across activity sessions. I didn't expect that > > because I thought that when an activity exits, it's de-referenced and > > garbage collected. > > > I am wondering if anyone can shed some (more) light on when the VM > > eliminates object references for Activities and Services and in > > particular when static variables get reset to default values? > > > Thanks. > > > Richard Schilling > > Root Wireless > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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 android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
