The following code shows how to Save data on pause and read back on resume for Activity.
Layout xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical"> <Button android:id="@+id/close" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Close" /> <EditText android:id="@+id/editor" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:singleLine="false" /> </LinearLayout>
Java code
import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.EditText; import android.widget.Toast; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.File; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.io.OutputStream; import java.io.OutputStreamWriter; /* ww w . j a v a 2s . co m*/ public class MainActivity extends Activity { private final static String NOTES="notes.txt"; private EditText editor; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) { super.onCreate(icicle); setContentView(R.layout.main); editor=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editor); Button btn=(Button)findViewById(R.id.close); btn.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { finish(); } }); } public void onResume() { super.onResume(); try { InputStream in=openFileInput(NOTES); if (in!=null) { InputStreamReader tmp=new InputStreamReader(in); BufferedReader reader=new BufferedReader(tmp); String str; StringBuffer buf=new StringBuffer(); while ((str = reader.readLine()) != null) { buf.append(str+"\n"); } in.close(); editor.setText(buf.toString()); } } catch (java.io.FileNotFoundException e) { // that's OK, we probably haven't created it yet } catch (Throwable t) { Toast .makeText(this, "Exception: "+t.toString(), 2000) .show(); } } public void onPause() { super.onPause(); try { OutputStreamWriter out= new OutputStreamWriter(openFileOutput(NOTES, 0)); out.write(editor.getText().toString()); out.close(); } catch (Throwable t) { Toast .makeText(this, "Exception: "+t.toString(), 2000) .show(); } } }/*** Copyright (c) 2008-2009 CommonsWare, LLC Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */