If i dont keep it in portrait mode it doesnt scroll automatically when in landscape mode. Do i need to hadle scrolling in code?
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: > > Hi Josh, > > > I noticed while testing on it yeasterday prior to implementing portrait > only > > mode that when i switched to landscape on the phone the whole application > > would restart. Im hoping that keeping it in portrait only will fix that > > issue however the app im working on is best suited for portrait only for > > other reasons as well. > > The entire application does not restart, but the activity is indeed > destroyed and recreated. This happens so that you can use alternative > resources (using, for instance, res/layout-land or res/drawable-land) > in your application. It is the correct, default behavior for all apps > and certainly not an issue. Most system apps (like the Home screen, > Alarm Clock or Calculator) work that way. Unless your app really is > not meant for landscape mode (which could be the case for a game for > instance), I would really advise you to NOT work around this. A cool > thing about Android is that most apps work in both orientation and > apps that don't support orientation change can be surprising or even > frustrating to the user. > > -- > Romain Guy > www.curious-creature.org > > > > -- cell: 714-588-4077 - feel free to send me txt msgs at this number email: joshdo...@gmail.com, joshdo...@hotmail.com Yahoo Messenger: makef...@yahoo.com AIM: JoshDFlexGuy MSN: joshdo...@hotmail.com Google Talk: joshdo...@gmail.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
