Answer 1

put

android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation"

in you Activity xml tags.

and add these code to your activity.java

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}

Answered by: Brooke411 | Posted: 21-02-2022

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