What is the default behaviour for device orientation when switching between apps?

1. What is the default orientation in Android?
2. What is orientation in mobile app development?
3. What happens on orientation change Android?
4. Which method is called when screen changes orientation?

What is the default orientation in Android?

On android phones, the orientation typically defaults to portrait. When you disable auto-rotation, the screen will always remain in a portrait mode. On android tablets, the orientation typically defaults to landscape.

What is orientation in mobile app development?

The screenOrientation is the attribute of activity element. The orientation of android activity can be portrait, landscape, sensor, unspecified etc. You need to define it in the AndroidManifest.

What happens on orientation change Android?

When you rotate your device and the screen changes orientation, Android usually destroys your application's existing Activities and Fragments and recreates them . Android does this so that your application can reload resources based on the new configuration.

Which method is called when screen changes orientation?

So instead of destroying and recreating your Activity, Android will just rotate the screen and call one of the lifecycle methods: onConfigurationChanged. If you have a Fragment attached to this Activity, it will also receive a call to its onConfigurationChanged method.