# View.BaseSavedState

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

# BaseSavedState

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Kotlin\|[Java](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.BaseSavedState "View this page in Java")  

```
open class BaseSavedState : AbsSavedState
```

|---|---|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [kotlin.Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html)                                          |||
| ↳ | [android.view.AbsSavedState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/AbsSavedState)                 ||
|   | ↳ | [android.view.View.BaseSavedState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View.BaseSavedState#) |

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Known Direct Subclasses [TextView.SavedState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TextView.SavedState.html#) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [TextView.SavedState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/widget/TextView.SavedState.html#) | User interface state that is stored by TextView for implementing[View.onSaveInstanceState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View#onSaveInstanceState()). | |

Base class for derived classes that want to save and restore their own state in[android.view.View#onSaveInstanceState()](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View#onSaveInstanceState()).

## Summary

| Inherited constants ||
|---|---|
| From class[Parcelable](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#) |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html) | [CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR:kotlin.Int) <br /> Descriptor bit used with[describeContents()](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#describeContents()): indicates that the Parcelable object's flattened representation includes a file descriptor. <br />                                                                                                                                                                                                        | | [Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html) | [PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE:kotlin.Int) <br /> Flag for use with[writeToParcel](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel,%20kotlin.Int)): the object being written is a return value, that is the result of a function such as "`Parcelable someFunction()`", "`void someFunction(out Parcelable)`", or "`void someFunction(inout Parcelable)`". Some implementations may want to release resources at this point. <br /> | ||

|                                                                                                                                                                                                               Public constructors                                                                                                                                                                                                                ||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---|
| [BaseSavedState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View.BaseSavedState#BaseSavedState(android.os.Parcel))`(`source:` `[Parcel](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcel.html#)!`)` Constructor used when reading from a parcel.                                                                                                                                                             |
| [BaseSavedState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View.BaseSavedState#BaseSavedState(android.os.Parcel,%20java.lang.ClassLoader))`(`source:` `[Parcel](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcel.html#)!`, `loader:` `[ClassLoader](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/lang/ClassLoader.html#)!`)` Constructor used when reading from a parcel using a given class loader. |
| [BaseSavedState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View.BaseSavedState#BaseSavedState(android.os.Parcelable))`(`superState:` `[Parcelable](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#)!`)` Constructor called by derived classes when creating their SavedState objects                                                                                                             |

|                                                                                                                                                                                                        Public methods                                                                                                                                                                                                        ||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| open[Unit](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) | [writeToParcel](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View.BaseSavedState#writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel,%20kotlin.Int))`(`out:` `[Parcel](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcel.html#)`, `flags:` `[Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)`)` <br /> |

| Inherited functions ||
|---|---|
| From class[AbsSavedState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/AbsSavedState) |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html)                | [describeContents](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/AbsSavedState#describeContents())`()` <br /> | | [Parcelable](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#)! | [getSuperState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/AbsSavedState#getSuperState())`()` <br />       | ||

|                                                                                                                                                                             Properties                                                                                                                                                                              ||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| static[Parcelable.Creator](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.Creator.html#)\<[View.BaseSavedState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View.BaseSavedState#)!\> | [CREATOR](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/View.BaseSavedState#CREATOR:android.os.Parcelable.Creator) <br /> |

| Inherited properties ||
|---|---|
| From class[AbsSavedState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/AbsSavedState) |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [AbsSavedState](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/AbsSavedState)! | [EMPTY_STATE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/AbsSavedState#EMPTY_STATE:android.view.AbsSavedState) <br /> | ||

## Public constructors

### BaseSavedState

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
BaseSavedState(source: Parcel!)
```

Constructor used when reading from a parcel. Reads the state of the superclass.

|                                                   Parameters                                                    ||
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `source` | [Parcel](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcel.html#)!:parcel to read from |

### BaseSavedState

Added in[API level 24](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
BaseSavedState(
    source: Parcel!, 
    loader: ClassLoader!)
```

Constructor used when reading from a parcel using a given class loader. Reads the state of the superclass.

|                                                             Parameters                                                              ||
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `source` | [Parcel](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcel.html#)!:parcel to read from                     |
| `loader` | [ClassLoader](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/lang/ClassLoader.html#)!:ClassLoader to use for reading |

### BaseSavedState

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
BaseSavedState(superState: Parcelable!)
```

Constructor called by derived classes when creating their SavedState objects

|                                                                    Parameters                                                                    ||
|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `superState` | [Parcelable](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#)!:The state of the superclass of this view |

## Public methods

### writeToParcel

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
open fun writeToParcel(
    out: Parcel, 
    flags: Int
): Unit
```

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Parameters                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ||
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `dest`  | The Parcel in which the object should be written. This value cannot be`null`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `flags` | [Int](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-int/index.html):Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or[PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE:kotlin.Int). Value is either`0`or a combination of[android.os.Parcelable#PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/os/Parcelable.html#PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE:kotlin.Int), and android.os.Parcelable.PARCELABLE_ELIDE_DUPLICATES |

## Properties

### CREATOR

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
static val CREATOR: Parcelable.Creator<View.BaseSavedState!>
```