what is called before onCreate in android [duplicate]

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Android Activity Life Cycle - difference between onPause() and OnStop()

What is called before onCreate in android? So that when I click a tab, I can show a loading screen or some functionality before I actually render my next screen.

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onCreate is the first method to be called from activity ...You can show ur loading screen be setting the proper view in your oncreate method.....

check this:

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