What is the proper way to handle orientation change when a custom alertdialog has an open spinner?

Question

In my app I have a custom AlertDialog (handled by the system using showDialog()) which contains a tabhost with 2 tabs. In one of the tabs is a spinner. I can rotate my scr

Answer 1

I found a better solution. It is actually not so hard to replace Spinner with a button that looks and behaves like Spinner (except the crash, fortunately).

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public void showSpinner() {
    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getContext());
    builder.setTitle(_spinnerPrompt);
    builder.setSingleChoiceItems(_spinnerOptions, _spinnerSelection,
      new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {
            _spinnerSelection = item;
            _pseudoSpinner.setText(_spinnerOptions[item]);
            _restoreSpinnerOnRestart = false;
            dialog.dismiss();
        }
    });
    builder.setOnCancelListener(new DialogInterface.OnCancelListener() {
        @Override
        public void onCancel(DialogInterface dialog) {
            _restoreSpinnerOnRestart = false;
        }
    });
    AlertDialog alert = builder.create();
    _restoreSpinnerOnRestart = true;
    alert.show();
    }

@Override
public Bundle onSaveInstanceState() {
    Bundle state = super.onSaveInstanceState();
    state.putBoolean(STATE_SPINNER_RESTORE, _restoreSpinnerOnRestart);
    state.putInt(STATE_SPINNER_SELECTION, _spinnerSelection);
    return state;
};

@Override
public void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
    _spinnerSelection = savedInstanceState.getInt(STATE_SPINNER_SELECTION, -1);
    _restoreSpinnerOnRestart = savedInstanceState.getBoolean(STATE_SPINNER_RESTORE);
    _pseudoSpinner.setText(_spinnerOptions[_spinnerSelection]);

    if (_restoreSpinnerOnRestart) {
        showSpinner();
    }
};