Application crashes after screen orientation changed

Question

I\'ve got the following problem. After starting, application works fine - even after changing the screen orientation. The application is not yet prepared to handle orientation c

Answer 1

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package com.palewar;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Message;

public class ThreadActivity extends Activity {


    static ProgressDialog dialog;
    private Thread downloadThread;
    final static Handler handler = new Handler() {

        @Override
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {

            super.handleMessage(msg);

            dialog.dismiss();

        }

    };

    protected void onDestroy() {
        if (dialog != null && dialog.isShowing()) {
            dialog.dismiss();
            dialog = null;
        }
        super.onDestroy();
    }

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        downloadThread = (Thread) getLastNonConfigurationInstance();
        if (downloadThread != null && downloadThread.isAlive()) {
            dialog = ProgressDialog.show(ThreadActivity.this, "",
                    "Signing in...", false);
        }

        dialog = ProgressDialog.show(ThreadActivity.this, "",
                "Signing in ...", false);

        downloadThread = new MyThread();
        downloadThread.start();
        // processThread();
    }

    // Save the thread
    @Override
    public Object onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() {
        return downloadThread;
    }


    static public class MyThread extends Thread {
        @Override
        public void run() {

            try {
                // Simulate a slow network
                try {
                    new Thread().sleep(5000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                handler.sendEmptyMessage(0);

            } finally {

            }
        }
    }

}