Setting the background of an Activity

Question

In the onCreate() method of my Activity, I grab the outermost LinearLayout of the Activity\'s layout. I then check to see what the orientation of the phone is. If it is po

Answer 1

Override the onConfigurationChange() method, since the changes in layout are handled with this method.

  @Override
    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
            if(newConfig.orientation==Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)
            {
                //change of background 
            }
            else if(newConfig.orientation==Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)
            {
                //change the background
            }
                    else
                    { //do nothing, this might apply for the keyboard }


          super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);


        }


    }

and add this to your manifest