Android Fragment Animation is repeated again on Orientation Change

Question

In my activity I have added the fragment by using the following code.

FragmentTransaction ft = getFragmentManager().beginTransaction();
ft.setCustomAnimations(R.anim.right_to_left_in, R.anim.right_to_left_exit,R.anim.left_to_right_in,R.anim.left_to_right_exit);
DetailsFragment newFragment = DetailsFragment.newInstance();
ft.replace(R.id.details_fragment_container, newFragment, "detailFragment");
ft.commit();

Fragment is entering,exiting, popping with the animations properly. But when I orient the device, Fragment Manager is trying to add the fragment with the same animations. It seems very odd. I don't want the animation when user orients the device.

I don't want to add onConfigChanges='orientation' in manifest since I want to change the fragment's layout design on orientation.

Answer 1

The only way I could avoid this was to not retain the fragment instance. In your DetailsFragment's onCreate method use setRetainInstance(false);