Android onCreate

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Im currently trying to write an application in my own time in between school and work, and i have a question about onCreate.

Does each class in the application need an onCreate or is it only the main class that needs one, like the first class that is called when launching the app.

Or is it only required on classes that have an XML that is going to be used with it, or a class displaying something.

Check this answer it may be useful: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8516056/265167 — Yaqub Ahmad, Dec 15 '11 at 17:20

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '11 at 02:41

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Android has four types of application components:

Activities
Services
Content Providers
Broadcast Receivers

Each of your activities will have an onCreate( ). How many activities you want depends totally on your app and your choice. Services also have an onCreate( ).

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I think BroadCastReceivers have onReceive(), not onCreate – AshuKingSharma Oct 06 '15 at 19:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 27 '15 at 15:47

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Every Activity uses onCreate() method. The method is used every time an activity is started.

You can learn more about the activity life cycle here

http://developer.android.com/training/basics/activity-lifecycle/starting.html

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Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, [it would be preferable](//meta.stackoverflow.com/q/8259) to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Zsw Sep 27 '15 at 16:10

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 14 '11 at 02:41

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Only the class extends Activity or Service can override onCreate, also you may not override it if you like.

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 14 '11 at 02:41

Each Activity or other component should have its own onCreate since that's where you are initializing your components when you starting it. You could think of it as a constructor for your them, you are free to implement your own initialization (or do nothing if you wish)

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