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Android Android Activity Lifecycle The Activity Lifecycle Saving and Retrieving Instance State

Posted by Prashant chaudhari
Prashant chaudhari
Courses Plus Student 24,499 Points

Let's practice saving and retrieving instance state. Start by initializing a key named KEY_USERENTRY.

Let's practice saving and retrieving instance state. Start by initializing a key named KEY_USERENTRY.

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

"Key" in this case would be a "private static final String" with that name and any value.

Kevin Makumbe
Kevin Makumbe
2,225 Points
Kevin Makumbe
Kevin Makumbe
2,225 Points

public static final String KEY_USERENTRY="KEY_USERENTRY";