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Bug #52

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things that run on a thread result in crashing on device rotation with thread active

Added by Tony Ciavarella over 13 years ago. Updated over 13 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Tony Ciavarella
Target version:
1.1.0
Start date:
12/22/2010
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:

Description

The really freaking sucks. When a spawned thread is running and the device is rotated, the thread isn't killed. It keeps running and when it references the activity or handler, it inevitably results in a force close. The affects all import/export operations that have a progress dialog.

I really have no idea what to do about this.

A mechanism to detect these cases could be deployed and calls to the GUI could be avoided in those cases if say a reference to the Thread object was kept in the Activity that spawns it and as the activity goes down, it can set a flag in the Thread or something. Seems like the Thread should keep on chugging regardless...

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Updated by Tony Ciavarella over 13 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • Target version changed from pie in the sky to 1.1.0
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

wow. silly android. the damn android:configChanges attribute of activity elements in AndroidManifest.xml can be used to make android not destroy activities on screen orientation changes. that seems to fix all the problems...

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Updated by Tony Ciavarella over 13 years ago

  • Subject changed from add things that run on a thread result in crashing on device rotation with thread active to things that run on a thread result in crashing on device rotation with thread active
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