From Apple docs: For applications that do not support background execution or are linked against iOS 3.x or earlier, this method is always called when the user quits the application. For applications that support background execution, this method is generally not called when the user quits the application because the application simply moves to the … Read more
I don’t think 500kb will be that big of a deal. What you described is exactly how I tackled my problem of losing data in an activity. I created a global singleton in the Application class and was able to access it from the activities I used. You can pass data around in a Global … Read more
When calling finish() on an activity, the method onDestroy() is executed. This method can do things like: Dismiss any dialogs the activity was managing. Close any cursors the activity was managing. Close any open search dialog Also, onDestroy() isn’t a destructor. It doesn’t actually destroy the object. It’s just a method that’s called based on … Read more