Android Activity onDestroy() is not always called and if called only part of the code is executed

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ksu picture ksu · Aug 21, 2013 · Viewed 75.5k times · Source

onDestroy() is not always called. If called, only part of the code is executed. And most of the time in LogCat I only see the message "gps state on destroy called first". Why is that?

protected void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();
    Log.d("on destroy called", "gps state on destroy called first");

    editor.putBoolean("gpsOn", false);
    Log.d("on destroy called", "gps state on destroy called second");
    editor.commit();

    Log.d("on destroy called", "gps state on destroy called third");
    stopRouteTracking();
    Log.d("on destroy called", "gps state on destroy called  fourth");
}

Answer

Chris picture Chris · Aug 21, 2013

Take a look at this:

Activity OnDestroy never called?

And this:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onDestroy%28%29

Basically, there's never a guarantee that onDestroy() will be called, and in some cases processes such as your app will be killed directly, bypassing the method call anyway.

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