is it intended to only work that way in 1.5? what's the rationale behind intending it to work that way? it seems at odds with the intent (pun intended) of having a setIntent method.
On Dec 3, 4:58 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > That is working as intended. If you want to retain that change, you will > need to store it in the saved state. Generally I would suggest not doing > this. > > > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:15 PM, sdphil <[email protected]> wrote: > > on Android 1.5, is setIntent / getIntent broken? > > > Here's my scenario. > > > I have an activity and it does some action based on the intent. > > > Then later, I modify the intent by -- > > > Intent intent = getIntent(); > > // modify the intent here... > > setIntent(intent); > > > Then, I switch to landscape mode (change orientation). > > > When I call getIntent() - I get the very first intent, not the > > modified intent. > > > If I call getIntent() after I call setIntent(), it looks like the > > changes i made to the intent have taken place; the intent is modified > > as expected, it's only after I change orientation that i re-fetch the > > intent and it seems to give the first intent. > > > The unusual thing is that this works fine in Android 1.6 or later, but > > does not work in Android 1.5. > > > Known issue? > > > tia. > > > -- > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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

