What is the difference between onPause() and onStop() of Android Activites?

Question

From android doc here http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html, it said \'Activity comes into foreground\' will call onPause(), and \'Ac

Answer 1

whenever a new ACTIVITY starts the previous activity's onPause will be defiantly called in any circumstances.

actually there will be two circumstances:

1- a part of previous activity is visible or the new activity is transparent: only onPause will be called.

2- previous activity is completely covered by new activity: both onPause and onStop will be called

----Good to state some notes:

NOTE 1: if a dialog starts on top of an activity NONE of onPause or onStop will be called.

NOTE 2: if its an Activity whose theme is set to a dialog, the behavior will be just like a normal activity.

NOTE 3: apparently a system dialog like permission dialog since marshmallow will cause onPause.