I have learned a lot from this book, but I still struggle with how / when to use the application specific data I've stored via onSaveInstanceState(). I save it prior to changing configuration (sliding keyboard out on emulator), and I see my saved app values coming back in via the bundle (icicle since I haven't upgraded my emulator yet), and then I plug them back in to my code to display the correct tab/child on my gui. Everything seems to be working, but some "launch activity" process is running after that, and making the gui behave as if I hadn't saved anything.

Any ideas?