Android Question Screen Rotation Causing problems

[iCAB]

Hi There

I am facing an issue in the following case:

• Custom popup displayed
• I start another app from within our app. This new app rotates the screen
• When control is given back to our app, the custom popup disappears

I tried to force screen orientation in Activity resume as follows

SetScreenOrientation(1)

the above didn't help.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

 

[Erel]

The correct way to force the orientation is with the #SupportedOrientations attribute.

 

[iCAB]

Hi Erel

Thanks for your reply.
I already have that in place

#SupportedOrientations: portrait

 

[Erel]

It is not related to the orientation. Dialogs are dismissed when the activity is paused. You need to show it again in Activity_Resume.

 

[iCAB]

Something is not right. Here is more info:

• We are using Square POS
• Square provides the option to capture signature or not after a transaction is completed
• With Signature capture option on, the orientation switches to landscape and back portrait. That's the only thing I see different than the no signature option
• The popup gets dismissed only in case the signature option is turned on

Any ideas what could be dismissing the popup other than the orientation in this case?

 

[Erel]

How is the popup created?

 

[iCAB]

It's a panel added by code, with scrollview and some other controls.

    Dim PopupPanel As Panel   
    Dim LocalEventName As String = GetItemTypeForEventLog( LayoutNonGUI.LAY_PANEL )
    
    AddEvent( LayoutNonGUI.LAY_PANEL, PanelTag, PanelEventName )
    
    PopupPanel.Initialize(LocalEventName)
    PopupPanel.Tag = PanelTag
    PopupPanel.Color = iBackColor
    ParentPanel.AddView(PopupPanel, fltLeft, fltTop,fltWidth, fltHeight)

 

[Erel]

Check the logs. It is possible that the activity is recreated. If it is then you will need to show the custom dialog again.

You should assume that the activity will be destroyed and recreated in many cases.

 

[iCAB]

Thanks for your feedback