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Android Life Cycle of Activity

We can control and manage the resource through the life cycle methods of activity.
There are 7 life cycle methods of android.app.Activity class. They are as follows:
MethodDescription
onCreatecalled when activity is first created.
onStartcalled when activity is becoming visible to the user.
onResumecalled when activity will start interacting with the user.
onPausecalled when activity is not visible to the user.
onStopcalled when activity is no longer visible to the user.
onRestartcalled after your activity is stopped, prior to start.
onDestroycalled before the activity is destroyed.
android activity lifecycle

Android Activity Life Cycle Example

It provides the details about the invocation of life cycle methods of activity. In this example, we are displaying the content on the logcat.
File: MainActivity.java
  1. package com.example.activitylifecycle;  
  2.   
  3. import android.os.Bundle;  
  4. import android.app.Activity;  
  5. import android.util.Log;  
  6. import android.view.Menu;  
  7.   
  8. public class MainActivity extends Activity {  
  9.   
  10.     @Override  
  11.     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
  12.         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  
  13.         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);  
  14.         Log.d("lifecycle","onCreate invoked");  
  15.     }  
  16.     @Override  
  17.     protected void onStart() {  
  18.         super.onStart();  
  19.          Log.d("lifecycle","onStart invoked");  
  20.     }  
  21.     @Override  
  22.     protected void onResume() {  
  23.           
  24.         super.onResume();  
  25.          Log.d("lifecycle","onResume invoked");  
  26.     }  
  27.       
  28.   
  29.     @Override  
  30.     protected void onPause() {  
  31.           
  32.         super.onPause();  
  33.          Log.d("lifecycle","onPause invoked");  
  34.     }  
  35.     @Override  
  36.     protected void onStop() {  
  37.           
  38.         super.onStop();  
  39.          Log.d("lifecycle","onStop invoked");  
  40.     }  
  41.       
  42.        @Override  
  43.     protected void onRestart() {  
  44.           
  45.         super.onRestart();  
  46.          Log.d("lifecycle","onRestart invoked");  
  47.     }     
  48.     @Override  
  49.     protected void onDestroy() {  
  50.           
  51.         super.onDestroy();  
  52.          Log.d("lifecycle","onDestroy invoked");  
  53.     }  
  54. }  


Output:

You will not see any output on the emulator or device. You need to open logcat.
android activity life cycle example output 1
Now see on the logcat: onCreate, onStart and onResume methods are invoked.
android activity life cycle example output 2
Now click on the HOME Button. You will see onPause method is invoked.
android activity life cycle example output 3
After a while, you will see onStop method is invoked.
android activity life cycle example output 4
Now see on the emulator. It is on the home. Now click on the center button to launch the app again.
android activity life cycle example output 5
Now click on the lifecycleactivity icon.
android activity life cycle example output 6
Now see on the logcat: onRestart, onStart and onResume methods are invoked.
android activity life cycle example output 7
If you see the emulator, application is started again.
android activity life cycle example output 8
Now click on the back button. Now you will see onPause methods is invoked.
android activity life cycle example output 9
After a while, you will see onStop and onDestroy methods are invoked.
android activity life cycle example output 10

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