Android ViewModel recreated on screen rotation

Question

I found a case when architecture components ViewModel isn\'t retained - in short it goes as follows:

1. Activity is started and ViewModel in

Answer 1

Change support library/compileSDK/targetSDK to 28.

I had similar issue with multi-window. When switching to split screen, my viewModel is recreated. Support library 28 fixed my problem. (My lifecycle version is 1.1.1)