Why does my song restart when I change from vertical to horizontal view?

Issue

The songs I have are all MediaPlayers, and when I change from horizontal to vertical orientation, or vice versa, the song stops, and then begins playing from the start of the song. I suspect that when i change the layout to horizontal or to vertical that the onPause() method is called or something. What can I do to prevent the song from restarting, and to just keep playing normally when I change from vertical to horizontal and vice versa? Would this have anything to do with the fact that I implemented these methods?

@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onDestroy();
    music.get(SongPlaying).stop();
}

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onPause();
    music.get(SongPlaying)).stop();

}

@Override
protected void onStop() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onStop();
    music.get(SongPlaying)).stop();

}

Solution

When you switch orientations, the current activity is destroyed and created again for layout purposes. You can prevent this a few different ways, but throw android:configChanges="orientation" In your activity section of your Manifest file. It should prevent the orientation from restarting the activity

Answered By - Nexion