onConfigurationChanged is not getting called any time in android

Question

I have create sample program to test Orientation. If portrait mode and I tilt the phone the other way round I want my sample app to reversePortrait. After reading lot of questions on this - Figured we need to need use:

   onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig)

I was trying out the following:

    @Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) 
{
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);

    Configuration c = getResources().getConfiguration();

    Log.e("Config",""+c);

    if (c.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) 
    {
        // portrait

        Log.e("On Config Change","portrait");

    } 
    else if (c.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) 
    {
        // landscape
        Log.e("On Config Change","LANDSCAPE");

    }
}

manifest.xml

android:configChanges="orientation"

tried even this

android:configChanges="orientation|screensize"

Strange I am not getting logs inside OnConfigurationChange method.

Not sure. What is the problem here?

I am using minimum api 8 to target Api 18.

Can somebody help me out with this?

Thanks!

How do you do reversed portrait? Can you post the code where you force it to be in reverse portrait mode. Do you use `setRequestedOrientation` function to do it? If yes then once you use use this function, you're not candidate to receive orientation changes. — Shobhit Puri, Jul 31 '13 at 02:28

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '13 at 18:13

I had a same issue after changing target API to 19(4.4 kitkat) You need to add layoutDirection attribute for targeting higher than version 17.

my attribute looks like:

android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|layoutDirection"

The key is to add 'layoutDirection'

eoinzy · Answer 2 · 2015-01-21T11:22:47.433

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I just encountered this problem, and fixed it with this weird little trick.

Set your screenOrientation in your manifest, like so:

android:screenOrientation="sensor"

That fixed it for me.

edited Jan 21 '15 at 11:22

answered Jan 20 '15 at 16:05

eoinzy

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 31 '13 at 02:40

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Your code is no problem Modify your manifest.xml android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden" I hope it can help you

answered Jul 31 '13 at 02:40

user2633519

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The manifest change you are asking me to put is accepted for Api more that 12. I am currently targeting Api 8 and more – TheDevMan Aug 01 '13 at 03:57

onConfigurationChanged is not getting called any time in android

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