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Android Project Structure and Lifecycle

The document provides an overview of Android project structure and the activity lifecycle in mobile application development. It explains that every Android app starts with an Activity, which represents a single screen, and outlines the seven key lifecycle methods: onCreate(), onStart(), onResume(), onPause(), onStop(), onRestart(), and onDestroy(). Each method has specific roles in managing the activity's state and resources during the app's lifecycle.

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Android Project Structure and Lifecycle

The document provides an overview of Android project structure and the activity lifecycle in mobile application development. It explains that every Android app starts with an Activity, which represents a single screen, and outlines the seven key lifecycle methods: onCreate(), onStart(), onResume(), onPause(), onStop(), onRestart(), and onDestroy(). Each method has specific roles in managing the activity's state and resources during the app's lifecycle.

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MOBILE APPLICATION

DEVELOPMENT

Lecture 5: Android Project


Structure and Lifecycle
Course Lecturer: Menard Phiri,
Dept of CSIT, MUST
LESSON OUTCOMES

 Understanding Android project structure

 Understanding Android lifecycle

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ANDROID PROJECT STRUCTURE

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ANDROID PROJECT STRUCTURE CONT.

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INTRODUCTION TO ACTIVITIES

 Android programs have no main() method

 Every Android App starts in an Activity

 An activity provides the window in which the


app draws its UI.

 One activity implements one screen in an


app.

 At least one activity must be the main


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activity
INTRODUCTION TO ACTIVITIES CONT.
 Any activity can call another activity to
perform different actions.

 Each activity must be register information


about them in the app’s manifest file.

 Each activity must at least have an


onCreate() method that specifies the
behavior of the app

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THE ACTIVITY LIFECYCLE
 An Android app uses states to determine
what to do.
 An activity transitions between seven stages
of lifecycle
 The parent Activity class provides a core set
of seven callbacks that should be overridden
to drive the expect behavior:
–onCreate()
–onStart()
–onResume()
–onPause()
–onStop()
–onRestart() 7

–onDestroy()
THE ONCREATE() METHOD

 This is invoked when the system first creates an


activity.

 As such, this is must implement basic application


startup logic for the activity.

 This method receives the parameter a Bundle


object, called savedInstanceState, containing the
activity's previously saved state.

 If the activity has never existed before, the value


of the Bundle object is null.
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THE ONSTART() METHOD
 This is invoked when the activity enters the
Started state

 It makes the activity visible to the user.

 It prepares the activity to enter the foreground,


become interactive and completes very quickly.

 Once it finishes, the activity enters the


Resumed state

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THE ONRESUME() METHOD
 This is invoked when the activity enters the
Resumed state and it is visible on the
foreground.

 This is the state in which the app interacts


with the user.

 The app stays in this state until something


happens to take focus away from the app.

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THE ONPAUSE() METHOD
 The system calls this method as the first
indication that the user is leaving your
activity

 This event does not imply that the activity is


being destroyed

 It indicates that the activity is no longer in


the foreground.

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THE ONSTOP() METHOD
 This is invoked when the activity is no longer
visible to the user.

 This may happen because the activity is


being destroyed or a new activity is starting.

 In all of these cases, the stopped activity is


no longer visible at all.

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THE ONRESTART() METHOD
 The system invokes this callback when an
activity in the Stopped state is about to
restart.

 The onRestart() restores the state of the


activity from the time that it was stopped.

 This callback is always followed by onStart().

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THE ONDESTROY() METHOD
 The system invokes this callback before an
activity is destroyed.

 This callback is the final one that the activity


receives.

 It is usually implemented to release activity's


resources when the activity is destroyed.

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