Prevent Reload Website on Screen Rotation in Android App | Webview App Development Series Part 9

Hi, In the previous post I have shown you How to Add Exit Dialog In Android Webview App. Today I am going to show you the solution to a common problem which every beginner face during the Android app development.

That is when you will rotate your mobile phone like the portrait to landscape mode, your website will reload. I will show you how can you solve this problem in Webview App.

You need to write code in the AndroidManifest.xml file. Inside "Application" tag you can see there have <activity android:name=" your activity file name" (here you have to write below code) ></activity> . you need to add this line in your all activity tag.

Code:

android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"

So, the whole code will be in AndroidManifest.xml file is:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.ss.tweetpost"> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round" android:supportsRtl="true" android:theme="@style/AppTheme"> <activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"></activity> <activity android:name=".SplashActivity" android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> </manifest>

That's it.you test your project now. As you can see in my above video, I have successfully prevented app reload during screen orientation change. Watch my video for a better understanding for making Webview App.