Re: [android-developers] Activity.setIntent() is a noop if activity is recreated

Maybe a documentation bug, but this is just how Android is designed:
most developers know this (or quickly learn it when their app crashes
after they turn their screen :-).

Kris


On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Shri <shri.borde@gmail.com> wrote:
> Using setIntent() is dangerous in the face of activity recreations (which
> can be more easily triggerred with "Developer settings | Don't keep
> activities"). Normally getIntent() returns the intent set by setIntent().
> However, this gets reset after the activity is recreated. This is in line
> with the trivial implementation of setIntent() in
> https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/master/core/java/android/app/Activity.java
>
> public void setIntent(Intent newIntent) {
> mIntent = newIntent;
> }
>
> This seems like a "bug" in setIntent in the sense that it misleads people
> into thinking that it can be used to cache state without realizing the
> activity recreate problem. Am I missing anything?
>
> Thanks,
> Shri
>
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