Android :: Change Orientation Without OnCreate Call / Any Auto Adjacent Property?
Oct 29, 2010
I want to change layout without calling the onCreate method. i also define android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden" in my activity and it is not calling the onCreate method but the layout not adjust appropriately on landscape mode.
my current layout look like as follows.
after change orientation as landscape it look like as follows:
but on landscape i want the following result.
is there any auto adjacent property?
how can i do it?
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Jun 20, 2010
I've been experimenting with orientation change and have seen a strange behavior (at least to my opinion) when I change the orientation from landscape to portrait. To make the explanation more concrete let's consider the following super-simple code:
CODE:...................
I put breakpoints at lines 9 and 15 and start the emulator in debug mode. The application starts and hits the breakpoint at line 9; so far so good. Then I press Ctrl+F11 to change the orientation from portrait to landscape. The debugger stops first at line 15 and then line 9. Everyhting normal so far. I hit once again Ctrl+F11 to change the orientation from landscape to portrait and some mumbo-jumbo starts happening. Here is the sequence of function calls I observe: 1.onDestroy() 2.onCreate() 3.onDestroy() 4.onCreate()
I really fail to understand why the platform needs to make the calls "2.onCreate()" and "3.onDestroy()". Can anyone explain why this is happening? At least I don't find it convenient because I need to implement more logic, because the extra calls "2.onCreate()" and "3.onDestroy()" cause side effects in my case. However, it would be interesting to know why these extra calls are taking place.
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With following simple code (on clean, new android project):
CODE:..............................
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CODE:....
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CODE:...............
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consider the simple layout:
CODE:..................
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