Best practice: AsyncTask during orientation change

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Do NOT use android:configChanges to address this issue. This is very bad practice.

Do NOT use Activity#onRetainNonConfigurationInstance() either. This is less modular and not well-suited for Fragment-based applications.

You can read my article describing how to handle configuration changes using retained Fragments. It solves the problem of retaining an AsyncTask across a rotation change nicely. You basically need to host your AsyncTask inside a Fragment, call setRetainInstance(true) on the Fragment, and report the AsyncTask‘s progress/results back to it’s Activity through the retained Fragment.

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