onConfigurationchanged is not called over jellybean(4.2.1)

Question

I really suffer from this issue. I already set the flag android:configChanges=\"keyboardHidden|orientation|locale\"

But when I changed configuration of

Answer 1

Add the layoutDirection attribute, such as android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|locale|layoutDirection" if you're working with API 17.

layoutDirection that is also connected with interface language changes was introduced in API 17. Piece of android docs about android:configChanges is not explicit enough about that fact, but at least we have:

layoutDirection: The layout direction has changed. For example, changing from left-to-right (LTR) to right-to-left (RTL). Added in API level 17.