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 had a similar a crash. I worked around by disabling orientation changes when dialog is displayed.

@Override
public void onDismiss(DialogInterface dialog) {
    setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED);
}

@Override
public void onShow(DialogInterface dialog) {
    int loadedOrientation = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
    int requestedOrientation = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED;
    if (loadedOrientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
        requestedOrientation = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
    } else if (loadedOrientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) {
        requestedOrientation = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
    }
    setRequestedOrientation(requestedOrientation);
}

NOTE: I actually found that there is no reliable way to lock screen orientation.