Question

If i use the code below will this restore text that has been input into EditTextfields and selected spinner items?

    @Override
    protected void onPause(){ 
        super.onPause();

    }


    @Override 
    protected void onResume(){ 
        super.onResume(); 

    }

or do I have to tell it to save the current values and then restore then when activity is resumed? when I am using the emulator if I don’t have these methods in and I go to say home then run my app again it always loads back to the previous state, so my questions is does this actually do antyhing?

Answer 1

Nope, this actually only called the super class onPause() and onResume() without doing anything else. The value in your editbox stay there because even if the app is paused, is still there on the activity stack waiting.
However Android can kill your paused activity and your data will be lost. So you have to save them onPause and restore them on the onResume to avoid this.