How to set active item in the Action Bar drop-down navigation?

Question

I\'m trying to fix the issue with restarting activity on orientation changes.

I have an ActionBar with drop-down list navigation and after every rotatio

Answer 1

As of support library v7, you just need to save / restore the state of the ActionBar:

private static final String STATE_SELECTED_NAVIGATION_ITEM = "selectedNavItem";

@Override
public void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // Restore the previously serialized current dropdown position.
    if (savedInstanceState.containsKey(STATE_SELECTED_NAVIGATION_ITEM)) {
        getSupportActionBar().setSelectedNavigationItem(
                savedInstanceState.getInt(STATE_SELECTED_NAVIGATION_ITEM));
    }
}

@Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    // Serialize the current dropdown position.
    outState.putInt(STATE_SELECTED_NAVIGATION_ITEM, getSupportActionBar()
            .getSelectedNavigationIndex());
}