It actually worked with Fragment#setRetainInstance. I just had to call ((ViewGroup) fragmentLayout.getParent()).removeView(fragmentLayout) before I could reuse the views.
I got crashes in native code when I tried doing the same with Activity#onRetainNonConfigurationInstance. On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com>wrote: > Sorry, you just can't re-use a WebView across config changes -- a view is > instantiated with a Context it runs in, which is the Activity that created > it. You can't change this context later, when you have a new Activity > instance. > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Shri <shri.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a WebView in my Activity which I want to reuse across config >> changes so that the webpage does not get reloaded after every >> orientation change. I can use >> Activity#onRetainNonConfigurationInstance/getLastConfigurationInstance >> for this. However, I have heard that Fragment#setRetainInstance is >> better for this purpose. This does not seem correct if there are other >> Views involved which should be recreated after a config change (eg. >> TextView which should be recreated after a locale change so that new >> string resources can be picked up). I could keep only the WebView in a >> Fragment, and all other Views in the Activity, but then either >> approach seems good enough. >> >> Just checking that Activity#onRetainNonConfigurationInstance/ >> getLastConfigurationInstance are not considered to be bad practice >> going forward. >> http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/runtime-changes.html >> only mentions these apis anyway, not Fragment#setRetainInstance. >> >> Thanks >> Shri >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
