Prevent Android activity from being recreated on turning screen off
How to prevent an activity from being recreated on turning screen off? What I do Start Bejewels and go to the jewelry screen. Press power button shortly. The screen is turned off, but the device is not. Press power button again. What I see The same screen as before turning screen off. In case of my application (trivial one, just a web-app with a single WebView) the scenario is the following: What I do Start my app. The activity onCreate() method loads an URL into the WebView. Press power button shortly. The screen is turned off, but the device is not. Press power button again. What I see The