On 11/7/2011 8:43 AM, JP wrote: > One of the major design flaws (IMO) in the Android SDK is in the area > of how device orientation changes are handled. When the orientation > changes from portrait to landscape (and vice-versa), Android > completely breaks down an app and restarts it. If an app holds > substantial amounts of data...
...then it shouldn't allow Android to tear it down and restart it. There's a flag you can set to prevent this (somewhat broken for serious apps) behavior. It's not a completely broken idea (it's related to the "crash-always" technique, if you've heard of it) but for a large number of apps (say, almost any game) it is a rather unfriendly behavior. It means that you need to handle the orientation change yourself, which is often easy for a game (e.g., do nothing). But it still seems like the right general answer. Tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en.
