Networking Across Configuration Changes
Now that you have your app deserializing JSON into model objects, take a closer look at how your implementation behaves when a configuration change occurs. Run your app, make sure auto-rotate is turned on for your device or emulator, and then rotate the device quickly five or so times in a row. Inspect the Logcat output, filtering by PhotoGalleryFragment and turning soft wraps off (Figure 24.8).
Figure 24.8 Logcat output across multiple rotations
What is going on here? A new network request is made every time you rotate the device. This is because you kick off the request in onCreate(…) ...
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