Android Question DateTime.DateFormat: Where should it be?

[pesquera]

Should I set up the format for each activity/service?
Is there a way to set up globally, for the whole application?
I wanted to clean my code.. I did that everywhere, to be sure
Thanks!

 

[Harris]

You can put it in the Main activity_create.
However, there are times when I change the format (to show seconds, for example) but then change it back to what was originally set, when done. In this case, dateformat in the activity_resume will set what the default is returning from some other activity.
Since the format is a string, you may use some globals for different settings - as you need them.
DT_Secs = "hh:mm:ss"
DT_SI = "yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm"
etc....

 

[Erel]

You just need to call it once. The best place is in Service_Create of the starter service.