Question

My first post… you know…

I Created a class :

public class MyPanel extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder,
        SurfaceHolder.Callback {
   private MediaPlayer shooting = new MediaPlayer();
   public Panel(Context context, int screenWidth, int screenHeight) {
        super(context);
    shooting = MediaPlayer
                .create(ctx, Utils.getRawResIdFromName("gunshot"));
  }
  void  anotherMethod(){
    //...
    shooting.start();
  }
//....other stuff....
 }

Now the activity Class’s onCreate method is simple:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            ... some stuff
    final MyPanel panel = new MyPanel(this, newWidth, newHeight);
    }
... other methods
}

My question here is how to release the resources after the user exits the activity ?
I am not sure how to release the instantiated object panel and all the objects created in it like MediaPlayer, Graphics….

Thanks

askanaan

Answer 1

in onDestroy() nullify all your object variables, this will make them eligible for System GC to collect them. OR explicitly call System.gc()