Android, how to not destroy the activity when I rotate the device?

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Vasil picture Vasil · Jul 25, 2010 · Viewed 61.8k times · Source

I have an app that works only in portrait mode, and I have made the changes in my manifest file for every activity the orientation to be portrait. But when I rotate the device, the activity recreates again. How to not destroy the activity?

Answer

user235064 picture user235064 · Jul 25, 2010

For API 12 and below: add

android:configChanges="orientation"

Add "screenSize" if you are targeting API 13 or above because whenever your orientation changes so does your screen size, otherwise new devices will continue to destroy your activity. See Egg's answer below for more information on using "screenSize"

android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize"

to your Activity in AndroidManifest.xml. This way your Activity wont be restarted automatically. See the documentation for more infos

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