By calling super. onCreate(savedInstanceState); , you tell the Dalvik VM to run your code in addition to the existing code in the onCreate() of the parent class. If you leave out this line, then only your code is run. The existing code is ignored completely.

What is super onCreate ()?

By calling super. onCreate(savedInstanceState); , you tell the Dalvik VM to run your code in addition to the existing code in the onCreate() of the parent class. If you leave out this line, then only your code is run. The existing code is ignored completely.

What does onCreate mean?

onCreate is used to start an activity. super is used to call the parent class constructor.