orientation reset activity Android

Question

Every time I turn my phone landscape mode, my activity resets. How do I stop the activity from resetting?

Here's the code I tried using but it does not work.

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

    if (getResources().getConfiguration().orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
        setContentView(R.layout.get_msg);

    } else {
        setContentView(R.layout.get_msg);
    }
}

manifest file:

android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize"

Here is the link where I got it from:

prevent activity restarting when orientation changes

Do you want to cancel orientation changes or do you want to load another layout on config change? — K Neeraj Lal, Mar 26 '15 at 06:34
Did you put the config changes line in each activity you want to prevent that in? — Gabe Sechan, Mar 26 '15 at 06:34
I want to change it to landscape but with the initialized details I provided in onCreate — nothingness, Mar 26 '15 at 06:41

Karthika PB · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-26T07:05:40.517

change this

@Override
    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
        if (newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
            System.out.println("this's landscape");

        } else if (newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT){
            System.out.println("this's portrait");
        }
    }

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '15 at 06:46

Set android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize" in androidMainifest.xml will prevent activity reset,just onConfigurationChanged() would be execute,your reference is handle stuff that support two layouts,it's not fit your application.onConfigurationChanged() you use here reload the layout,so the activity is not reset,just your layout reset.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 26 '15 at 07:02

Another way:

String text;
@Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
 {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

  int rotation = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();
        if(rotation == 0)
            text="Portrait";
        else
            text="Landscape";
}

orientation reset activity Android

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