Android app resets on orientation change, best way to handle?

Question

So I am making a basic chess app to play around with some various elements of android programming and so far I am learning a lot, but this time I am lost.

When the o

Answer 1

When you save the board state, make an int[64] and at each position store the corresponding piece. So 0=empty, 1=white pawn, 2=white knight, etc...

When you load the board state, iterate through the array and create the appropriate piece objects at the appropriate locations.

You can convert the int[64] to a string to store in SharedPreferences, or use it with a Parcelable or whatever. Only store the minimum data you need.