stop webview from unloading the page when the screen is rotated

[NeoTechni]

Since its an activity object I've been declaring it in activity-create
which makes it unload the page on rotations. Is there a way to avoid this?

 

[margret]

webview

I would setup the code for the webview in activity create but I would load it from activity resume. If you set the url to a global variable and load it in the resume activity, it should reload the same page when the device is turned.

Margret

 

[agraham]

Is there a way to avoid this?

No, this is by (Android) design. Because the entire Activity is recreated on rotate all the screen elements must be recreated too. Trying to carry visual elements across rotations can cause large memory leaks. In Java you need to be careful about this, using Basic4android ensures that you can't.