Why does keyboard-slide crash my app?

Question

If I physically slide out the keyboard on my Moto Droid A855, it crashes my test app with the stack trace pasted below. I don\'t understand why?

Also, if I start my

Answer 1

I know this question was asked almost two years ago, but since then a very easy fix has been implemented. Just add android:configChanges="orientation|keyboard|keyboardHidden" into each Activity call in the Manifest.