Question

I want my application to run with minimum api level 8…I tried with android:configChanges=”orientation|keyboardHidden”..In lower versions,onConfigurationchanged() method is getting called and orientation is handled..but when i run in 3.2 and higher versions onConfigurationchanged() is not called and activity is re-created.
So i added android:configChanges=”orientation|keyboardHidden|ScreenSize” but when i compiled this my application cannot run in versions below 3.2 ICS..what should i do to handle the configuration change in all versions from 2.2 to 4.0.1 without re-creating the activity?

Answer 1

Did you set the targetSdkVersion in the manifest? For example,

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="8"
    android:targetSdkVersion="16" />

Your code should work as long as your targetSdkVersion is greater than or equal to 13. Make sure you are building your project against SDK version 3.2 or greater as well.