Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Android app "closing" Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:39:51 +0100 Organization: Dirk Bruere at Neopax Lines: 21 Message-ID: <90irv3F14dU1@mid.individual.net> References: <90iq3oFik3U1@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: dirk.bruere@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net bosafOZXMc2QPnqk5fCvCgnFCx5Oqix2xsk+YfG0Go9qi/RIg/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:WA8D4Od0SGMiy0u6svD4T3RIw2c= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Thunderbird/3.1.9 In-Reply-To: Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3048 On 12/04/2011 12:27, Lew wrote: > Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >> When an Android app is closed the OS keeps a record of its state so it >> can be >> restared quickly. >> How do I tell it that when an app is closed it should really be closed >> and all >> variables wiped? > > Can't the app reset its own state as part of its own internal shutdown > process? > Er... maybe. That's what I'm asking about. I'm not even sure what to call the process (of the app not really shutting down) -- Dirk http://www.neopax.com/technomage/ - My new book - Magick and Technology