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Asked: 2026-05-24T19:53:28+00:00

I am trying to simply alter the setlayout when I rotate my device so

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I am trying to simply alter the setlayout when I rotate my device so that I can have a layout of Views for a particular activity that is suited to the current orientation of the Android device but I am confused about the best way to achieve this.

I have referred to the following android doc:

Handling Runtime Changes

I do not need to save any data from my Activity so don’t think I really need to use the onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() method. I tried handling the orientation change myself through the onConfigurationChanged() method, where I find the current orientation then set the layout as required but this results in views that no longer work. Is there something else I need to do in onConfigurationchanged()?

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  1. Editorial Team

    To get a different view for landscape as opposed to portrait, you would place your layout XML file in both of the following resource folders:

    /res/layout – Portrait

    /res/layout-land – Landscape

    This is, of course, if you have the same views within both, otherwise you may get some NullPointerExceptions.

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