How to debug onDestroy(), Android system kills app while paused in debugger

Question

I have a bug I\'m trying to analyze that occurs when the Activity\'s onDestroy() method is called after hitting the back button. I\'ve put breakpoints in the offending code

Answer 1

You can try a breakpoint on super.onDestroy(), but I suspect you'll have the same luck. :(

Android won't let you linger in onDestroy, it will timeout, so try to accomplish your shutdown more quickly. onDestroy() is intended only for freeing resources and isn't always called before termination; data should be persisted in onPause() or onStop(). https://developer.android.com/training/basics/activity-lifecycle/stopping.html

Addendum: Other options include using a background service for some of the work or to manually handle the back button to give yourself more time, but it could negatively impact user experience.

http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193a/03/

sent from my phone, please cut my thumbs some slack.