How to handle screen orientation changes when there is an asyntask running with android 4.x

Question

I tried to implement the following code to handle screen orientation changes.

****DataBaseUpdateService.java****

public class DataBaseUpdateService extends Activity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 

        Updatetask Task = new Updatetask(this.getApplicationContext());
            if(Task.getStatus() == AsyncTask.Status.PENDING){
            Task.execute();};
    }

    @Override
    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
    }

    @Override
    public void  onPause() {
        super.onPause();
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
    }
}

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****Androidmanifest.xml****
 <activity 
  android:name=".DataBaseUpdateService"
  android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation"/>

Those codes work perfectly with android 3.x or lower. However, it does not work properly for android 4.x.

Do you have any idea what the problem is??

Answer 1

Add screenSize value as well.

From documentation:

Note: If your application targets API level 13 or higher (as declared by the minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion attributes), then you should also declare the screenSize configuration, because it also changes when a device switches between portrait and landscape orientations.

So, manifest should look like this (if you want to handle orientation changes yourself):

****Androidmanifest.xml****
 <activity 
  android:name=".DataBaseUpdateService"
  android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"/>