Android Question Process variables destroyed

LucaMs

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• May 19, 2018

• #2

Storing variables on file is a very good idea, instead

Put global variables in the service Starter is another one.

 

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• May 20, 2018

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LucaMs said:

Storing variables on file is a very good idea, instead

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What is the proper way of handling this?
Do we have to store all global variables in all modules in files?, it doesn't make sense at all

 

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DonManfred

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• May 20, 2018

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https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/starter-service-consistent-single-entry-point.57599/

 

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• May 21, 2018

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DonManfred said:

https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/starter-service-consistent-single-entry-point.57599/

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Hi Don

I already have the above in place to a certain extent

B4X:

Sub Service_Start (StartingIntent As Intent)
    GC.GC_Init 'This initialized main classes
End Sub

Whoever, i believe that it might be extremely dangerous to wipe everything all the time, as there could be some session specific variables (like encryption keys etc.. ).

 

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Semen Matusovskiy

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• May 21, 2018

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Do you talk about Process_Globals or Globals variables ?

In my app Process_Globals are present almost in all activities and Services. The app starts/stops activities and services many times.
Never noticed that variables are changed due to these acrtions.

 

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Erel

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• May 21, 2018

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Process_Globals variables remain valid until the process is killed. Their life cycle is not tied to any specific module.

Any information that should be kept after the process is killed should be stored in the file system. KVS2 is a very good option for this.

 

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coslad

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• May 21, 2018

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Variable is a variable and it doesn't have sense to store a variable into a file .

Why don't you use code module to define global variable ?

 

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