Can you explain the stages of the application lifecycle?

The lifecycle of an application in Android includes several key stages, which are managed by the system to optimize resources and user experience:

1. onCreate() — called when the activity is created. Components are initialized here.
2. onStart() — the activity becomes visible to the user.
3. onResume() — the activity starts interacting with the user (comes to the foreground).
4. onPause() — the activity is partially hidden, the user may switch to another app, and data should be saved here.
5. onStop() — the activity is fully hidden, resources can be released.
6. onDestroy() — the activity is destroyed, and all resources are released.

These methods allow managing the application's states and responding correctly to user and system actions.