Question

I have an AsyncTask which gets called onCreate() in my Main Activity. In the same Activity if the orientation changes the AsyncTask gets called again. How do I prevent this from happening or how do I restructure my program to avoid this happening?

public class Main extends Activity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.pages);
        StartProcess sProcess = new StartProcess();
        sProcess.execute(this);
    }
}

Answer 1

You can add android:configChanges="orientation" in the Activity manifest and manually set the contentView or change the layout by overriding the onConfigurationChanged method in your Activity.