Thanks for catching this--it's a known issue and an engineer has been assigned to it. :) There really isn't a good workaround in 1.5, other than forcing the configuration activity into portrait mode or asking users to rotate before returning.
j On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Pablo Pera<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to report a bug we just found while writing a widget. > > Summary: There is a widget installed, that defines a configuration > activity. If the user changes the orientation while they are in the > configuration activity, and they finish that activity in a different > orientation that they started, the widget does NOT appear in the home > screen after the configuration is done. > > How to reproduce: have a minimal widget, with a configuration activity > that contains a button, which correctly updates the App Widget when it > is clicked (as explained in > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html#Configuring). > Add a new instance of the widget, so the config screen shows up. > Change the orientation once. Click on the button. Your widget does not > appear in the home screen. (Ouch.) > > If this has already been reported, or if there's a better way to > submit a bug report, please let me know! > > Thanks, > > Pablo > > > > -- Jeff Sharkey [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
