How to retain EditText data on orientation change?

Question

I have a Login screen which consists of 2 EditTexts for Username and Password. My requirement is that on orientation change , input data(if any) in EditText should r

Answer 1

in onConfigurationChanged method, first get the data of both the edit texts in global variables and then call setContentView method. Now set the saved data again into the edit texts.

Answer 2

There are many ways to do this. The simplest is 2(b) in your question. Mention android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize" in your manifest so that Activity doesn't get destroyed on Orientation changes.

Call setContentView() in onConfigChange(). but before calling setContentView() get the EditText data into a string and set it back after calling setContentView()

 @Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
    mEditTextData = mEditText.getText().tostring();//mEditTextData is a String 
                                                   //member variable
    setContentView(R.layout.myLayout);
    initializeViews();
}

private void initializeViews(){
    mEditText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edittext1);
    mEdiText.setText(mEditTextData);
}

Answer 3

Saving state = Saving (Fragment State + Activity State)

When it comes to saving the state of a Fragment during orientation change, I usually do this way.

1) Fragment State:

Save and Restore EditText value

// Saving State

@Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    outState.putString("USER_NAME", username.getText().toString());
    outState.putString("PASSWORD", password.getText().toString());
}

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup parent, Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.user_name_fragment, parent, false);

    username = (EditText) view.findViewById(R.id.username);
    password = (EditText) view.findViewById(R.id.password);


// Retriving value

    if (savedInstanceState != null) {
        username.setText(savedInstanceState.getString("USER_NAME"));
        password.setText(savedInstanceState.getString("PASSWORD"));
    }

    return view;
}

2) Activity State::

Create a new Instance when the activity launches for the first time else find the old fragment using a TAG and the FragmentManager

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);

    fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();

    if(savedInstanceState==null) {
        userFragment = UserNameFragment.newInstance();
        fragmentManager.beginTransaction().add(R.id.profile, userFragment, "TAG").commit();
    }
    else {
        userFragment = fragmentManager.findFragmentByTag("TAG");
    }

}

You can see the the full working code HERE

Answer 4

Remove android:configChanges attribute from the menifest file and let android handle the orientation change your data in edittext will automatically remain.

Now The problem you mentioned is with the progress dialog force close this is because when the orientation is changed the thread running in backgroud is trying to update the older dialog component whihc was visible. You can handle it by closing the dialog on savedinstancestate method and recalling the proceess you want to perform onRestoreInstanceState method.

Below is a sample hope it helps solving your problem:-

public class MyActivity extends Activity {
    private static final String TAG = "com.example.handledataorientationchange.MainActivity";
    private static ProgressDialog progressDialog;
    private static Thread thread;
    private static boolean isTaskRunnig;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        Log.d(TAG, "onCreate");
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
        button.setOnClickListener(new EditText.OnClickListener() {

            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                perform();
                isTaskRunnig = true;
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }

    public void perform() {
        Log.d(TAG, "perform");
        progressDialog = android.app.ProgressDialog.show(this, null,
                "Working, please wait...");
        progressDialog
                .setOnDismissListener(new DialogInterface.OnDismissListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onDismiss(DialogInterface dialog) {
                        //isTaskRunnig = false;
                    }
                });
        thread = new Thread() {
            public void run() {
                Log.d(TAG, "run");
                int result = 0;
                try {

                    // Thread.sleep(5000);
                    for (int i = 0; i < 20000000; i++) {

                    }
                    result = 1;
                    isTaskRunnig = false;
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                    result = 0;
                }
                Message msg = new Message();
                msg.what = result;
                handler.sendMessage(msg);
            };
        };
        thread.start();
    }

    // handler to update the progress dialgo while the background task is in
    // progress
    private static Handler handler = new Handler() {

        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
            Log.d(TAG, "handleMessage");
            int result = msg.what;
            if (result == 1) {// if the task is completed successfully
                Log.d(TAG, "Task complete");
                try {
                    progressDialog.dismiss();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                    isTaskRunnig = true;
                }

            }

        }
    };

    @Override
    protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
        Log.d(TAG, "onRestoreInstanceState" + isTaskRunnig);
        if (isTaskRunnig) {
            perform();

        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
        Log.d(TAG, "onSaveInstanceState");
        if (thread.isAlive()) {
            thread.interrupt();
            Log.d(TAG, thread.isAlive() + "");
            progressDialog.dismiss();
        }

    }

Answer 5

As pointed out by Yalla T it is important to not recreate the fragment. The EditText will not lose its content if the existing fragment is reused.

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    // setContentView(R.layout.activity_frame);
    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

    // Display the fragment as the main content.
    // Do not do this. It will recreate the fragment on orientation change!
    // getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().replace(android.R.id.content, new Fragment_Places()).commit();

    // Instead do this
    String fragTag = "fragUniqueName";
    FragmentManager fm = getSupportFragmentManager();
    Fragment fragment = (Fragment) fm.findFragmentByTag(fragTag);
    if (fragment == null)
        fragment = new Fragment_XXX(); // Here your fragment
    FragmentTransaction ft = fm.beginTransaction();
    // ft.setCustomAnimations(R.xml.anim_slide_in_from_right, R.xml.anim_slide_out_left,
    // R.xml.anim_slide_in_from_left, R.xml.anim_slide_out_right);
    ft.replace(android.R.id.content, fragment, fragTag);
    // ft.addToBackStack(null); // Depends on what you want to do with your back button
    ft.commit();

}

Answer 6

this may help you

if your android:targetSdkVersion="12" or less

android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden">

if your android:targetSdkVersion="13" or more

android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize">