Android: Is onResume always called after onCreate?

Question

I need to know if there is ever an instance when onResume will be called before onCreate has been called at least once. Thanks.

Edit: Judging b

Answer 1

the activity has its own lifecycle . just read and look at the nice graph here:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html

onResume doesn't suppose to run before onCreate , so you assume correctly .

Answer 2

you can refer the website for more details
http://developer.android.com/training/basics/activity-lifecycle/starting.html

Answer 3

I had an issue in which overridden onCreate was not getting called. I tried debugging and logging and i found oncreate not getting called.

Turns out that i override wrong onCreate

@Override
    public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState, @Nullable PersistableBundle persistentState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState, persistentState);
    }

This is the correct one.

@Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    }

Posting in the hope that it might help some poor soul. :)

So the correct onCreate() will always get called before onResume

Answer 4

onResume() will always be called when the activity goes into foreground, but it will never be executed before onCreate().

Answer 5

onResume() will never be called before onCreate().

Read more about it in the Activity Lifecycle

Answer 6

Note: This answer only an additional one to complement the accepted answers.

As previous answers say:

onResume() will never be called before onCreate().

Read more about it in the Activity Lifecycle and Starting an Activity.

Below the complete image of Activity lifecycle including Fragment Lifecycle from android-lifecycle: