It's also a way to automatically load configuration-specific resources. This makes using alternative layouts (layout-land, layout-port, etc.), drawables, strings, etc. very easy.
All the standard applications work this way, it's not very difficult to handle, and it makes your app a lot more flexible and future proof. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Alvin Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Think of it this way. If the orientation is flipped, the layout has > to be rebuilt to match the new screen dimensions. The only way you > might be able to disable it is if you were to fix the orientation for > the screen in the Manifest file. > > As most people on here are going to tell you: You need to handle your > app restarting anyway, because there are more things than just > keyboard flips that will kill your app. So think of it as a notice > that, yes, you do need some robust onPause()/onStop() methods for > saving and restoring state. And flipping the keyboard is a debug > "feature" that means you don't have to simulate the app suddenly dying > for no reason. > > On Oct 31, 11:21 am, CJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> i just realized that whenever i flip the keyboard, the function >> oncreate is called, which means it is like closing my the application >> and start a brand new one? is it weird to you guys? and how to disable >> this feature? >> thanks > > > -- Romain Guy www.curious-creature.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
