the activity restarts when the phones View Mode is changed

Question

In my application while playing a video if i change the phone's mode the video does not continue to play but it starts from the beginning. all i understand is the activity is recreated when the mode is changed,how do i fix this i have no idea please someone help me fix this. thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can add this line in your AndroidManifest file to your activity tag, by this your activity won't get re-started.

<activity android:name=".Activity_name"
          android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden">