http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Application.html

Base class for those who need to maintain global application state.

There is a Life-cycle for the android application BUT the applications have limited control over their own life-cycle, instead the components must listen for changes in the application state and react accordingly, the changes are as the following

• onCreate
• onLowMemory
• onTrimMemory
• onConfigurationChanged

public class VDABApplication extends Application {
	...
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        ...
    }
	...
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	package="be.vdab.simplelayout" >
<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
    android:name=".VDABApplication">

	    <activity
	       ...
	    </activity>
</application>

</manifest>

• Initialiseer delen van je app (DB, Synchronisaties, Plant Log tree)
• Subscribe to services
• Register to Push server
• ....

Extend de Application class voor je project.

Zorg ervoor dat de Timber tree (Zie Jakewharton TImber logging library) geplaatst wordt in de OnCreate van je applicatie.

Extra:

Zorg ervoor dat de tree enkel geplant wordt in debug mode van je applicatie.