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Context: “This is an abstract class whose implementation is provided by the Android system”
I was thinking of deriving it to include some handy methods, but I’m not sure what to make of the above line. Any thoughts?
The problem is that things like
Activityare indirect subclasses–they won’t see your additional functionality.If your use is isolated and that’s okay, then it doesn’t matter–just something to be aware of, which sounds like it’d reduce the effectiveness of extending at that level, considering how much stuff extends it.