Socialize Lifecycle¶

Socialize must be bound to the lifecycle of each Activity in which you want to include Socialize functionality.

This is to ensure that all resources used by Socialize are effectively cleaned up as well as important tasks like Facebook token refreshing are performed when they should be.

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import com.socialize.Socialize;

public class SampleActivity extends Activity {

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

        // Call Socialize in onCreate
        Socialize.onCreate(this, savedInstanceState);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
        super.onPause();

        // Call Socialize in onPause
        Socialize.onPause(this);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        // Call Socialize in onResume
        Socialize.onResume(this);
    }


    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();

        // Call Socialize in onStart
        Socialize.onStart(this);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();

        // Call Socialize in onStop
        Socialize.onStop(this);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        // Call Socialize in onDestroy before the activity is destroyed
        Socialize.onDestroy(this);

        super.onDestroy();
    }
}

Intercepting Socialize Activity Lifecycle Events¶

Advanced Use

The following section is not required if you are simply using the Action Bar

If you want to override the default behavior of an activity that is managed by Socialize you can inject a SocializeActivityLifecycleListener into the Socialize singleton instance.

Note

This is a global setting. The listener will be called for ALL Socialize activities.

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import com.socialize.Socialize;
import com.socialize.ui.DefaultSocializeActivityLifecycleListener;
import com.socialize.ui.SocializeUIActivity;

public class SampleActivityWithListener extends Activity {

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

        // Set a lifecycle listener
        Socialize.setSocializeActivityLifecycleListener(new DefaultSocializeActivityLifecycleListener() {

            @Override
            public void onPause(SocializeUIActivity activity) {
                // Add your code here
            }

            @Override
            public void onResume(SocializeUIActivity activity) {
                // Add your code here
            }

            // Implement other methods as required
        });

        // Call Socialize in onCreate
        Socialize.onCreate(this, savedInstanceState);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
        super.onPause();

        // Call Socialize in onPause
        Socialize.onPause(this);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        // Call Socialize in onResume
        Socialize.onResume(this);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();

        // Call Socialize in onStart
        Socialize.onStart(this);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();

        // Call Socialize in onStop
        Socialize.onStop(this);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        // Call Socialize in onDestroy before the activity is destroyed
        Socialize.onDestroy(this);

        super.onDestroy();
    }
}