How to distinguish whether onDestroy() is called as part of configuration change sequence?

Question

In my Activity some external thing (service) need to be destroyed in onDestroy(). But I do not want this when configuration change happens (e.g. keyboard flips out) because it w

Answer 1

This may do the trick for you (from How to distinguish between orientation change and leaving application android):

Use the Activity's isFinishing() method.

Sample code:

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
  super.onDestroy();

  if (isFinishing()) {
    // Do stuff
  } else { 
    // It's an orientation change.
  }
}