Simplest Android Activity Lifecycle

Question

I noticed that the Android Developers Activity section has been updated since I started my app, but I am still unclear what the simplest Activity Lifecycle is.

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Answer 1

onCreate() obviously first. Your activity can then enter onPause(). From there it could either onResume() or onDestroy(). That's the simplest path through the lifecycle that I know of.

I had an activity that didn't have an onPause() method. Through an odd series of events I noticed in DDMS that my app wasn't visible, but it was still requesting freshAds from AdMob :) Nice battery sucker. That's since been resolved but reminded me how important the simple things are.