savedInstanceState returning null

Question

Can someone please explain why the value in my savedInstanceState is null? I have 3 widgets, an EditText, Button and TextView. The person types in what they want. The Phrase

Answer 1

You need to use this function onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState), the one without PersistableBundle outPersistentState

@Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState, outPersistentState);
    outState.putString("example",newString);
}

void onSaveInstanceState (Bundle outState, PersistableBundle outPersistentState) this will only get called when you have attribute persistableMode specified in the activity tag inside manifest

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