GoogleMaps - calling onPause()

Issue

I was wondering: When using Google Maps v2, the mapView should call

mapView.onPause()

in onPause().

Should however super.onPause() be called before mapView.onPause(), or afterwards? Should it be like this:

@Override          
public void onPause()
{
   super.onPause();
   mapView.onPause();
}

or like this:

@Override          
public void onPause()
{

   mapView.onPause();
   super.onPause();
}

? Both seem to work (no errors in the compiler nor while running the app), but what is the correct usage?

Solution

Go for the latter. On methods onCreate(), onStart(), onResume() etc. call super first, to init all object internals before you code may use it, while on onPause(), onDestroy() first cleanup your stuff then call super to let superclass do its job too, otherwise your code may try to depend on stuff that is no longer available after super cleaning completed.

Answered By - Marcin Orlowski