Take a look at the method onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() of the Activity class. :-)
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() On May 27, 2:01 pm, Robert Green <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an app that communicates with a server. While it is > communicating, it shows a progress dialog. The way this actually > works is that I have a class that I call my NetworkGateway. Each > method takes a Handler as a callback so that the gateway can send back > the response as a bundle when it has finished. > > Right now when someone changes orientation while a network operation > is occuring, the activity doesn't know that a thread is running the > network code and then the callback might be invalid. > > What's the right way to do this? I want to make it so that after the > orientation switch, the activity can check something to see if a > network operation is running and if so, display the progress dialog > again and wait for the callback, or set itself as the callback handler > now, invalidating the old one. > > My first guess is that this is exactly the kind of thing services were > designed for, but I'd like specifics if anyone can supply them. > > Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
