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title: "Explain the activity lifecycle in Android."  
description: "Explain the activity lifecycle in Android."  
author: "Steilla Mitchel"  
published: 2023-06-27  
updated: 2023-06-27  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158878/explain-the-activity-lifecycle-in-android  
category: "android"  
tags: ["android", "android activity"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Explain the activity lifecycle in Android.

[Explain](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157854/what-is-system-debugging-explain-some-system-debugging-tools-used-in-modern-computer-systems) the [activity lifecycle](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1524/activity-lifecycle-stopping-and-restarting-an-activity-in-android) in Android.

## Replies

### Reply by Aryan Kumar

Sure. The [activity](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12894/how-to-force-recreation-of-activity-fragment-on-restore) [lifecycle](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/10392/how-is-the-vendor-lifecycle-impacting-the-energy-sector-in-north-america) in Android is a series of states that an activity goes through during its lifetime. These states are:

- **Created:** This is the state in which the activity is first created. The `onCreate()` method is called when the activity enters this state.
- **Started:** This is the state in which the activity is visible to the user, but it is not currently interacting with the user. The `onStart()` method is called when the activity enters this state.
- **Resumed:** This is the state in which the activity is interacting with the user. The `onResume()` method is called when the activity enters this state.
- **Paused:** This is the state in which the activity is still visible to the user, but it is not currently interacting with the user. The `onPause()` method is called when the activity enters this state.
- **Stopped:** This is the state in which the activity is no longer visible to the user. The `onStop()` method is called when the activity enters this state.
- **Destroyed:** This is the state in which the activity is being destroyed. The `onDestroy()` method is called when the activity enters this state.

The activity lifecycle is important because it allows the activity to save its state and clean up resources when it is not being used. For example, when an activity is paused, it should save its state so that it can be resumed later without losing any data. When an activity is destroyed, it should clean up any resources that it is using, such as open files or network connections.

The activity lifecycle is also important for managing memory. When the system needs to free up memory, it may destroy activities that are not currently in use. By saving their state, these activities can be resumed later without losing any data.

Here are some of the reasons why we need the Android activity lifecycle:

- To save the state of the activity so that it can be restored when the activity is resumed.
- To release resources that are no longer needed by the activity.
- To manage the memory usage of the application.
- To allow the system to kill activities that are not currently in use.


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