Class variables set in onActivityResult are reset when method returns

Question

Hi,

I have an activity which lets the user select a phone number. Naturally, I'd like my class to remember the id of the contact selected, so I save this in a class field. However when the method onActivityResult returns, my class variable is reset. Here is what I'm trying to do:

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, People.CONTENT_URI);
    startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CONTACT); 

    ...

    public void onActivityResult(int reqCode, int resultCode, Intent intent){
        super.onActivityResult(reqCode, resultCode, intent);       
        switch(reqCode){
            case(PICK_CONTACT):
                if(resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK){
                    Uri contactData = intent.getData();
                    Cursor c = managedQuery(contactData, null, null, null, null);
                    if(c.moveToFirst()){
                        contactName = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(People.NAME));
                        contactId = c.getInt(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(People._ID));

        break;

When I set a breakpoint within this method, the values for contactName and contactId are as I expect, however once the method returns, the values somehow get reset to their defaults. Clearly I'm missing something, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong or forgetting.

Thanks!

Iva

Answer 1

Wondering if you're running in development mode and perhaps Rails is reloading your class definition each time?