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Does anyone know the rationale behind the design of Android to destroy and re-create activities on a simple orientation change?
Shouldn't allowing the activity to just redraw itself (if it so chooses) be a better, simpler and more practical design?
BTW, I'm well aware of how to disable my app from orientation change effects, but what I don't really get is the reason for this design in Android
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If you want the activity to not restart during screen orientation change, you can use the below AndroidManifest. xml. Please note the activity android:configChanges=”orientation|screenSize” attribute. This attribute makes the activity not restart when change screen orientation.
Just add android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize" in activity tab of manifest file. So, Activity won't restart when orientation change.
On rotation of screen, The Activity is Destroyed. The Activity is Recreated fresh in requested orientation.
In docs, http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/runtime-changes.html
it states that,
The restart behavior is designed to help your application adapt to new configurations by automatically reloading your application with alternative resources.
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