Can the uniform id be changed from run to run on the same machine?

Question

I have a shader which has several uniform variables:

uniform vec4 a;
uniform vec4 b;
uniform vec4 c;

I'm getting these handles using glGetUniformLocation() and storing them in the array. The game was suspended, then resumed and onSurfaceCreated() has been called. The question is: whether these handles will be valid or I need to re-get them using glGetUniformLocation() once again?

Answer 1

The uniform locations are set when the program is linked and are tied to the program.

This means that when you create a new program then the uniform locations can change.