An Activity represents a single screen with a user interface — a fundamental Android component. Its lifecycle (the sequence of states and callbacks as it's created, shown, hidden, and destroyed) is crucial to understand for managing resources and state correctly.
Czym jest Activity
An ACTIVITY = one screen of the app (a UI the user interacts with):
→ an app is typically several activities (a login screen, a home screen, etc.)
→ the OS manages activities and calls LIFECYCLE methods as their state changes
Cykl życia Activity
Key lifecycle callbacks (the OS calls these as the activity's state changes):
onCreate() → activity is being CREATED → initialize UI, set up (called once)
onStart() → becoming VISIBLE to the user
onResume() → now in the FOREGROUND, interactive (user can interact)
onPause() → losing focus (another activity coming in front) → pause/save lightly
onStop() → no longer VISIBLE → release resources, stop heavy work
onDestroy() → being DESTROYED → final cleanup
→ Flow: onCreate → onStart → onResume → [running] → onPause → onStop → onDestroy
