EditText saved the value after device rotation automatically
Because the EditText is a focused view, so in PhoneWindow
, it's state will be saved automatically in saveHierarchyState()
method. You can see the code:
@Override
public Bundle saveHierarchyState() {
Bundle outState = new Bundle();
if (mContentParent == null) {
return outState;
}
SparseArray<Parcelable> states = new SparseArray<Parcelable>();
mContentParent.saveHierarchyState(states);
outState.putSparseParcelableArray(VIEWS_TAG, states);
// save the focused view id
View focusedView = mContentParent.findFocus();
if (focusedView != null) {
if (focusedView.getId() != View.NO_ID) {
outState.putInt(FOCUSED_ID_TAG, focusedView.getId());
} else {
if (false) {
Log.d(TAG, "couldn't save which view has focus because the focused view "
+ focusedView + " has no id.");
}
}
}
// save the panels
SparseArray<Parcelable> panelStates = new SparseArray<Parcelable>();
savePanelState(panelStates);
if (panelStates.size() > 0) {
outState.putSparseParcelableArray(PANELS_TAG, panelStates);
}
if (mActionBar != null) {
outState.putBoolean(ACTION_BAR_TAG, mActionBar.isOverflowMenuShowing());
}
return outState;
}
and the code in TextView
:
@Override
public Parcelable onSaveInstanceState() {
Parcelable superState = super.onSaveInstanceState();
// Save state if we are forced to
final boolean freezesText = getFreezesText();
boolean hasSelection = false;
int start = -1;
int end = -1;
if (mText != null) {
start = getSelectionStart();
end = getSelectionEnd();
if (start >= 0 || end >= 0) {
// Or save state if there is a selection
hasSelection = true;
}
}
if (freezesText || hasSelection) {
SavedState ss = new SavedState(superState);
if (freezesText) {
if (mText instanceof Spanned) {
final Spannable sp = new SpannableStringBuilder(mText);
if (mEditor != null) {
removeMisspelledSpans(sp);
sp.removeSpan(mEditor.mSuggestionRangeSpan);
}
ss.text = sp;
} else {
ss.text = mText.toString();
}
}
if (hasSelection) {
// XXX Should also save the current scroll position!
ss.selStart = start;
ss.selEnd = end;
}
if (isFocused() && start >= 0 && end >= 0) {
ss.frozenWithFocus = true;
}
ss.error = getError();
if (mEditor != null) {
ss.editorState = mEditor.saveInstanceState();
}
return ss;
}
return superState;
}
So, if you remove the id of the EditTextView in your xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.example.android.a2_screen_orientation_change.MainActivity">
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
You will see what you want! (Tanks for supplement from @Mike M.)