When should I close the cursor that I supply to ListView

Question

Hi,

I supply a cursor to a ListActivity like this: My question is how/when should I close my cursor when I am done?

Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
        if (cursor != null) {
            mCursorAdapter = new CursorAdapter(this, cursor);
            setListAdapter(mCursorAdapter);
        }

Thank you.

Answer 1

onDestroy(). Sooner, if you are specifically clearing out the list sooner than that. Or, call startManagingCursor(cursor), and Android will close it for you, when it is safe to do so.