I am new to savedInstanceState. There are some great resources out there, and I have nearly figured it all out. However, my TextView updates like I want it to, but it disappears. I want it to remain there when I rotate the device instead of having to click a button to bring it back. Any idea on where I am going wrong? Thanks!
TextView cashView is where I want to see int cash.
@Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
// Save UI state changes to the savedInstanceState.
// This bundle will be passed to onCreate if the process is
// killed and restarted.
savedInstanceState.putInt("cash", cash);
savedInstanceState.putInt("anteBet", anteBet);
savedInstanceState.putInt("playBet", playBet);
savedInstanceState.putInt("pairPlusBet", pairPlusBet);
savedInstanceState.putString("cashView", cashView.toString());
// etc.
}
@Override
public void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
// Restore UI state from the savedInstanceState.
// This bundle has also been passed to onCreate.
cash = savedInstanceState.getInt("cash");
anteBet = savedInstanceState.getInt("anteBet");
playBet = savedInstanceState.getInt("playBet");
pairPlusBet = savedInstanceState.getInt("pairPlusBet");
cashView.setText(savedInstanceState.getString(cashView.toString()));
}
Haha...after an hour of fiddling with it, i figured it out as soon as I finished asking the question. Thanks for your time though!
@Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
// Save UI state changes to the savedInstanceState.
// This bundle will be passed to onCreate if the process is
// killed and restarted.
savedInstanceState.putInt("cash", cash);
savedInstanceState.putInt("anteBet", anteBet);
savedInstanceState.putInt("playBet", playBet);
savedInstanceState.putInt("pairPlusBet", pairPlusBet);
savedInstanceState.putString("cashView", cashView.getText().toString());
// etc.
}
@Override
public void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
// Restore UI state from the savedInstanceState.
// This bundle has also been passed to onCreate.
cash = savedInstanceState.getInt("cash");
anteBet = savedInstanceState.getInt("anteBet");
playBet = savedInstanceState.getInt("playBet");
pairPlusBet = savedInstanceState.getInt("pairPlusBet");
cashView.setText(savedInstanceState.getString("cashView"));
}
I changed savedInstanceState.putString("cashView", cashView.toString()); to savedInstanceState.putString("cashView", cashView.getText().toString());
and i changed cashView.setText(savedInstanceState.getString(cashView.toString())); to cashView.setText(savedInstanceState.getString("cashView"));
Not sure which one fixed it, but its fixed. Thanks anyways!