Best Way: Save & Restore TextView Position in ScrollView

Question

What i want is, upon the device changes orientation, the top line on the screen when in Portrait remains the top line on screen in Landscape. And vice versa.

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Answer 1

I am so proud to say, I got a perfect solution to this now.

Sh.... (sorry I am too excited about it. If you find any mistakes/bugs/weakness on it, please DO give me your valuable suggestions and please feel free to correct me. :-)

Cut the crap. Here you go !!!

@Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    final ScrollView scrollView = (ScrollView) findViewById(R.id.Trial_C_ScrollViewContainer);
    final TextView textView = (TextView) scrollView.getChildAt(0);
    final int firstVisableLineOffset = textView.getLayout().getLineForVertical(scrollView.getScrollY());
    final int firstVisableCharacterOffset = textView.getLayout().getLineStart(firstVisableLineOffset);
    outState.putInt(ScrollViewContainerTextViewFirstVisibleCharacterOffset, firstVisableCharacterOffset);
}

@Override
protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
    final int firstVisableCharacterOffset = savedInstanceState.getInt(ScrollViewContainerTextViewFirstVisibleCharacterOffset);

    final ScrollView scrollView = (ScrollView) findViewById(R.id.Trial_C_ScrollViewContainer);
    scrollView.post(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            final TextView textView = (TextView) scrollView.getChildAt(0);
            final int firstVisableLineOffset = textView.getLayout().getLineForOffset(firstVisableCharacterOffset);
            final int pixelOffset = textView.getLayout().getLineTop(firstVisableLineOffset);
            scrollView.scrollTo(0, pixelOffset);
        }
    });
}

That's it. :-)

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