[android-developers] Re: changing orientation resets activity?

2009-07-07 Thread Charlie Collins
That is intentional. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html Unless you specify otherwise, a configuration change (such as a change in screen orientation, language, input devices, etc) will cause your current activity to be destroyed, going through the normal activity

[android-developers] Re: changing orientation resets activity?

2009-07-07 Thread schwiz
thanks On Jul 7, 2:49 pm, Charlie Collins charlie.coll...@gmail.com wrote: That is intentional. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html Unless you specify otherwise, a configuration change (such as a change in screen orientation, language, input devices, etc) will

[android-developers] Re: changing orientation resets activity?

2009-07-07 Thread schwiz
thanks I have made the changes your link suggests, and my app is working as expected when I switch from portrait to landscape, but now when I switch back to portrait it forcecloses. The logcat is spitting out all kinds of errors when this happen, most notability one that says

[android-developers] Re: changing orientation resets activity?

2009-07-07 Thread schwiz
actually, i just hadn't noticed, but this happens with or without the instanceState meathods being implemented. On Jul 7, 4:08 pm, schwiz sch...@gmail.com wrote: thanks I have made the changes your link suggests, and my app is working as expected when I switch from portrait to landscape, but

[android-developers] Re: changing orientation resets activity?

2009-07-07 Thread Streets Of Boston
Do you have static variables that reference (indirectly) an Activity or a View? If so, get rid of these static variables or make absolutely sure that you clean them up (set them to null, clear cache, whatever) when the activity's onDestroy is called. On Jul 7, 5:50 pm, schwiz sch...@gmail.com

[android-developers] Re: changing orientation resets activity?

2009-07-07 Thread schwiz
my main activity does have a static variable to the Resources. I added the meathod onDestroy and added the line res = null; Then I made sure that res = context.getResources(); is in the onRestoreInstanceState and onCreate meathods. But I am still getting the same log error and force close. On

[android-developers] Re: changing orientation resets activity?

2009-07-07 Thread schwiz
ok this is interesting, it doesn't crash on my device anymore but it crashes in the emulator On Jul 7, 6:32 pm, schwiz sch...@gmail.com wrote: my main activity does have a static variable to the Resources.  I added the meathod onDestroy and added the line res = null;  Then I made sure that