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Added in API level 1

Application

public class Application
extends ContextWrapper implements ComponentCallbacks2

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.content.Context
     ↳ android.content.ContextWrapper
       ↳ android.app.Application
Known Direct Subclasses


Base class for maintaining global application state. You can provide your own implementation by creating a subclass and specifying the fully-qualified name of this subclass as the "android:name" attribute in your AndroidManifest.xml's <application> tag. The Application class, or your subclass of the Application class, is instantiated before any other class when the process for your application/package is created.

Note: There is normally no need to subclass Application. In most situations, static singletons can provide the same functionality in a more modular way. If your singleton needs a global context (for example to register broadcast receivers), include Context.getApplicationContext() as a Context argument when invoking your singleton's getInstance() method.

Summary

Nested classes

interface Application.ActivityLifecycleCallbacks

 

interface Application.OnProvideAssistDataListener

Callback interface for use with registerOnProvideAssistDataListener(Application.OnProvideAssistDataListener) and unregisterOnProvideAssistDataListener(Application.OnProvideAssistDataListener)

Inherited constants

From class android.content.Context
From interface android.content.ComponentCallbacks2

Public constructors

Application()

Public methods

void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig)

Called by the system when the device configuration changes while your component is running.

void onCreate()

Called when the application is starting, before any activity, service, or receiver objects (excluding content providers) have been created.

void onLowMemory()

This is called when the overall system is running low on memory, and actively running processes should trim their memory usage.

void onTerminate()

This method is for use in emulated process environments.

void onTrimMemory(int level)

Called when the operating system has determined that it is a good time for a process to trim unneeded memory from its process.

void registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks(Application.ActivityLifecycleCallbacks callback)
void registerComponentCallbacks(ComponentCallbacks callback)

Add a new ComponentCallbacks to the base application of the Context, which will be called at the same times as the ComponentCallbacks methods of activities and other components are called.

void registerOnProvideAssistDataListener(Application.OnProvideAssistDataListener callback)
void unregisterActivityLifecycleCallbacks(Application.ActivityLifecycleCallbacks callback)
void unregisterComponentCallbacks(ComponentCallbacks callback)

Remove a ComponentCallbacks object that was previously registered with registerComponentCallbacks(ComponentCallbacks).

void unregisterOnProvideAssistDataListener(Application.OnProvideAssistDataListener callback)

Inherited methods

From class android.content.ContextWrapper
From class android.content.Context
From class java.lang.Object
From interface android.content.ComponentCallbacks2
From interface android.content.ComponentCallbacks

Public constructors

Application

Added in API level 1
Application ()

Public methods

onConfigurationChanged

Added in API level 1
void onConfigurationChanged (Configuration newConfig)

Called by the system when the device configuration changes while your component is running. Note that, unlike activities, other components are never restarted when a configuration changes: they must always deal with the results of the change, such as by re-retrieving resources.

At the time that this function has been called, your Resources object will have been updated to return resource values matching the new configuration.

For more information, read Handling Runtime Changes.

Parameters
newConfig Configuration: The new device configuration.

onCreate

Added in API level 1
void onCreate ()

Called when the application is starting, before any activity, service, or receiver objects (excluding content providers) have been created. Implementations should be as quick as possible (for example using lazy initialization of state) since the time spent in this function directly impacts the performance of starting the first activity, service, or receiver in a process. If you override this method, be sure to call super.onCreate().

onLowMemory

Added in API level 1
void onLowMemory ()

This is called when the overall system is running low on memory, and actively running processes should trim their memory usage. While the exact point at which this will be called is not defined, generally it will happen when all background process have been killed. That is, before reaching the point of killing processes hosting service and foreground UI that we would like to avoid killing.

You should implement this method to release any caches or other unnecessary resources you may be holding on to. The system will perform a garbage collection for you after returning from this method.

Preferably, you should implement onTrimMemory(int) from ComponentCallbacks2 to incrementally unload your resources based on various levels of memory demands. That API is available for API level 14 and higher, so you should only use this onLowMemory() method as a fallback for older versions, which can be treated the same as onTrimMemory(int) with the TRIM_MEMORY_COMPLETE level.

onTerminate

Added in API level 1
void onTerminate ()

This method is for use in emulated process environments. It will never be called on a production Android device, where processes are removed by simply killing them; no user code (including this callback) is executed when doing so.

onTrimMemory

Added in API level 14
void onTrimMemory (int level)

Called when the operating system has determined that it is a good time for a process to trim unneeded memory from its process. This will happen for example when it goes in the background and there is not enough memory to keep as many background processes running as desired. You should never compare to exact values of the level, since new intermediate values may be added -- you will typically want to compare if the value is greater or equal to a level you are interested in.

To retrieve the processes current trim level at any point, you can use ActivityManager.getMyMemoryState(RunningAppProcessInfo).

Parameters
level int: The context of the trim, giving a hint of the amount of trimming the application may like to perform. May be TRIM_MEMORY_COMPLETE, TRIM_MEMORY_MODERATE, TRIM_MEMORY_BACKGROUND, TRIM_MEMORY_UI_HIDDEN, TRIM_MEMORY_RUNNING_CRITICAL, TRIM_MEMORY_RUNNING_LOW, or TRIM_MEMORY_RUNNING_MODERATE.

registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks

Added in API level 14
void registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks (Application.ActivityLifecycleCallbacks callback)

Parameters
callback Application.ActivityLifecycleCallbacks

registerComponentCallbacks

Added in API level 14
void registerComponentCallbacks (ComponentCallbacks callback)

Add a new ComponentCallbacks to the base application of the Context, which will be called at the same times as the ComponentCallbacks methods of activities and other components are called. Note that you must be sure to use unregisterComponentCallbacks(ComponentCallbacks) when appropriate in the future; this will not be removed for you.

Parameters
callback ComponentCallbacks: The interface to call. This can be either a ComponentCallbacks or ComponentCallbacks2 interface.

registerOnProvideAssistDataListener

Added in API level 18
void registerOnProvideAssistDataListener (Application.OnProvideAssistDataListener callback)

Parameters
callback Application.OnProvideAssistDataListener

unregisterActivityLifecycleCallbacks

Added in API level 14
void unregisterActivityLifecycleCallbacks (Application.ActivityLifecycleCallbacks callback)

Parameters
callback Application.ActivityLifecycleCallbacks

unregisterComponentCallbacks

Added in API level 14
void unregisterComponentCallbacks (ComponentCallbacks callback)

Remove a ComponentCallbacks object that was previously registered with registerComponentCallbacks(ComponentCallbacks).

Parameters
callback ComponentCallbacks

unregisterOnProvideAssistDataListener

Added in API level 18
void unregisterOnProvideAssistDataListener (Application.OnProvideAssistDataListener callback)

Parameters
callback Application.OnProvideAssistDataListener

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