Thanks Mark, after I made the fixed I noticed that when I changed orientation the objects were not the same so I'll give onSaveInstanceState() and onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() a shot.
On Mar 29, 2:18 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/commonsguyhttp://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
