On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Wall-E <[email protected]> wrote: > So I already have my resource file in the layout-land folder. I guess > the clarification I need is, how does the activity know to use that > resource file? > > Do I name it the same thing and in my main layout > folder?
Yes. If you have the default version in res/layout/main.xml, a landscape version to override the default would go in res/layout-land/main.xml. > But... now when I run it on my device and change orientation I > don't see the same changes. Of course not. You specifically told Android not to perform any changes, by using android:configChanges. If you want Android to automatically apply the changes, by destroying and recreating your activity, get rid of android:configChanges. Otherwise, you have to make whatever changes you want in Java code. Which is why you should not write your activities the way you did. android:configChanges is to be used in fairly limited cases, and there's nothing in either of your posts that suggests that your activity fits one of those cases (e.g., uses a WebView, uses a Camera). > Any other hints? Use onSaveInstanceState() and onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() to pass data to the new activity from the old one, after you get rid of android:configChanges. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.9.2 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
