I would claim it's a mistake for these to cause side effects. Create followed by destroy should merely be an expensive null operation.
I don't know why it's happening for you; I agree it's strange. One thing that occurs to me -- does your activity allow the background to be seen? Perhaps the behavior relates to multiple configuration changes, perhaps with the launcher or other activity behind your activity. On Jun 20, 2:30 pm, Ali Chousein <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you for the reply. The page gives useful information. However, > it does not explain why the extra call to onCreate and onDestroy takes > place when the orientation is changed from landscape to portrait. When > the orientation is changed from portrait to landscape there is no > extra call to onCreate and onDestroy. I find the observed behavior > when changing from landscape to portrait very strange. The extra call > to onCreate and onDestroy can cause side-effects, as it does in my > case. -- 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
