Android: Reusing same View object in different Activities (the case is about ad banners)

Question

I want to reuse the same view object (not the view class, or the xml file, I mean the object in the memory) in different Activities.

I almost had this done. The thin

Answer 1

I'm keeping in mind that you can afford to leak 1 activity, as this is the only solution I know: Declare a static view, say myAdView in your 1st activity (in which you are requesting ad). Now you can ad and remove this myAdView in every activity transation. Ofcource you will have to maintain seperate LinearLayouts for ur ads in seperate activities, where we will add/remove the myAdView eg. Suppose you are going from activity A to B, then in A's onPause remove myAdView:

private LinearLayout layoutAd;
layoutAd = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.layout_ad); // from A's xml
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
    layoutAd.removeView(FirstActivity.adBannerView);
}

and in B's onResume add the same (FirstActivity's) myAdView:

private LinearLayout layoutAd;
layoutAd = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.layout_ad);  // from B's xml
protected void onResume() {
      super.onResume();
      layoutAd.addView(FirstActivity.adBannerView);
}

Hope this solves your problem to some extent.