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Session

Kotlin |Java

public abstract class Session
extends Object implements LifecycleOwner

java.lang.Object
↳	androidx.car.app.Session

The base class for implementing a session for a car app.

Summary

Public constructors
`Session()`

Public methods
`final CarContext`	`getCarContext()` Returns the `CarContext` for this session.
`Lifecycle`	`getLifecycle()` Returns the `Session`'s `Lifecycle`.
`void`	`onCarConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfiguration)` Notifies that the `CarContext`'s `Configuration` has changed.
`abstract Screen`	`onCreateScreen(Intent intent)` Requests the first `Screen` for the application.
`void`	`onNewIntent(Intent intent)` Notifies that the car app has received a new `Intent`.

Inherited methods

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()`
`boolean`	`equals(Object arg0)`
`void`	`finalize()`
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`
`int`	`hashCode()`
`final void`	`notify()`
`final void`	`notifyAll()`
`String`	`toString()`
`final void`	`wait(long arg0, int arg1)`
`final void`	`wait(long arg0)`
`final void`	`wait()`

From interface


        
          androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner


        abstract
        
        
        
        
        Lifecycle


      getLifecycle()

Returns the Lifecycle of the provider.

Public constructors

Session

public Session ()

Public methods

getCarContext

public final CarContext getCarContext ()

Returns the CarContext for this session.

The CarContext is not fully initialized until this session's Lifecycle.State is at least Lifecycle.State.CREATED

Returns
`CarContext`

See also:

getLifecycle()

getLifecycle

public Lifecycle getLifecycle ()

Returns the Session's Lifecycle.

Here are some of the ways you can use the sessions's Lifecycle:

Observe its Lifecycle by calling Lifecycle.addObserver(LifecycleObserver). You can use the LifecycleObserver to take specific actions whenever the Screen receives different Lifecycle.Events.
Use this CarAppService to observe LiveDatas that may drive the backing data for your application.

What each lifecycle related event means for a session:

Lifecycle.Event.ON_CREATE: The session has just been launched, and this session is being initialized. onCreateScreen(Intent) will be called at a point after this call.
onCreateScreen(Intent): The host is ready for this session to create the first Screen so that it can display its template.
Lifecycle.Event.ON_START: The application is now visible in the car screen.
Lifecycle.Event.ON_RESUME: The user can now interact with this application.
Lifecycle.Event.ON_PAUSE: The user can no longer interact with this application.
Lifecycle.Event.ON_STOP: The application is no longer visible.
Lifecycle.Event.ON_DESTROY: The OS has now destroyed this Session instance, and it is no longer valid.

Listeners that are added in Lifecycle.Event.ON_START, should be removed in Lifecycle.Event.ON_STOP.

Listeners that are added in Lifecycle.Event.ON_CREATE should be removed in Lifecycle.Event.ON_DESTROY.

Note lifecycle callbacks will be executed on the main thread.

Returns
`Lifecycle`	The lifecycle of the provider.

See also:

LifecycleObserver

onCarConfigurationChanged

public void onCarConfigurationChanged (Configuration newConfiguration)

Notifies that the CarContext's Configuration has changed.

At the time that this function is called, the CarContext's resources object will have been updated to return resource values matching the new configuration.

Called by the system, do not call this method directly.

Parameters
`newConfiguration`	`Configuration`

See also:

CarContext

onCreateScreen

public abstract Screen onCreateScreen (Intent intent)

Requests the first Screen for the application.

Once the method returns, Screen.onGetTemplate() will be called on the Screen returned, and the app will be displayed on the car screen.

To pre-seed a back stack, you can push Screens onto the stack, via ScreenManager.push(Screen) during this method call.

Called by the system, do not call this method directly.

Parameters
`intent`	`Intent`: the intent that was used to start this app. If the app was started with a call to `CarContext.startCarApp(Intent)`, this intent will be equal to the intent passed to that method

Returns
`Screen`

onNewIntent

public void onNewIntent (Intent intent)

Notifies that the car app has received a new Intent.

Once the method returns, Screen.onGetTemplate() will be called on the Screen that is on top of the Screen stack managed by the ScreenManager, and the app will be displayed on the car screen.

Often used to update the current Screen or pushing a new one on the stack, based off of the information in the intent.

Called by the system, do not call this method directly.

Parameters
`intent`	`Intent`: the intent that was used to start this app. If the app was started with a call to `CarContext.startCarApp(Intent)`, this intent will be equal to the intent passed to that method

See also:

CarContext.startCarApp(Intent)