Well, I did exactly the same couple days ago and everything works as a charm.
On Apr 15, 6:36 pm, nikhil <nik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes I did that but after restoring the webview state it doesn't update > with new information. > > On Apr 15, 2:31 am, Paul Turchenko <paul.turche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > WebView has methods to save its state. Use them to store/obtain your > > webview's state. > > > On Apr 15, 12:58 am, nikhil <nik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Paul, > > > > The problem with onSaveInstanceSate is that it saves the state in > > > portrait layout and when I am in landscape layout it display the > > > correct state but after that it doesn't update with new information. I > > > want to save the state whenever theorientationchanges and then when > > > we are in neworientationthe webview should update with new info... > > > > On Apr 14, 4:08 pm, Paul Turchenko <paul.turche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Well, android:configChanges="orientation"might look pretty convinient, > > > > but it's tricky from the inside. My advice - don't use configChanges > > > > property unless you REALLY know what you are doing (I wish Android > > > > team had never exposed it publicly). As for your example, you'll just > > > > have to store your WebView's state in onSaveInstanceSate and avoid > > > > setting "configChanges" property. Look @ activity > > > > lifecyclehttp://developer.android.com/intl/zh-TW/reference/android/app/Activit... > > > > for more information. > > > > > On Apr 14, 9:08 pm, nikhil <nik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I figured that I can have custom layout for eachorientationjust by > > > > > making two folders > > > > > layout-port and layout-land. So I put different views in these > > > > > folders. Worked well. > > > > > > Now, I have a webview in my activity and it reloads whenever there is > > > > > any change inorientation. So to prevent that I put > > > > > android:configChanges="orientation" in my manifest file. > > > > > > After putting this the reloading stopped but the contents in the > > > > > layout-port started getting selected for landscape mode as well. > > > > > > Am not sure where I am going wrong. I need to have both. -- 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.