passing an acitvity object to code module

[melamoud]

why cant I pass a view to a sub in a code module ?
I get an error that I need to put it in class global ?

I want to maintain a list of views, do I have to use class instead ?
why ?

 

[JonPM]

Perhaps this my help?

 

[melamoud]

thats similar to what I have, I get compilation error if a parameter to a code module sub is a view

 

[Erel]

You can pass a view to a code module sub. You cannot however store a view in a process global list as this will cause a memory leak.

You can use a class instead.

 

[melamoud]

Thanks..

Why a memory leak?

 

[Erel]

Why a memory leak?

A view holds a reference to the activity context. If you store it as a process global variable then Android will not be able to kill the activity (when a new one is created or when the system is low on memory).

 

[melamoud]

Aha

Thanks