Question

This is what I read from a book:

The activity can be destroyed silently after onPause(). We should never assume that either onStop() or onDestroy() is called.

But according to the documentation, Pause refers to partly visible, can an activity partly visible be killed without calling onStop or onDestory?

Answer 1

There is no guarantee that onStop or onDestroy will be called. In situations when memory is severely lacking, the partially visible and out-of-focus Activity may be destroyed to reclaim resources. However, there is no guarantee that either of the two mentioned lifecycle methods will be called before doing so. This is why it is important to save persistent state in onPause instead of onStop and onDestroy.