The xml is not switching when device orientation change

The manifest code

android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize"

ignores the XML in "layout-land" and uses the one in the "layout" folder. If you create a different XML for landscape don't use the android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize" tag for that activity.

android:configChanges="orientation" stops the activity from restarting, so also from reloading the xml layout (you normally do this in onCreate).Instead, onConfigurationChanged(newConfig) is called. So you can do:

@Override    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig){        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);        setContentView(R.layout.<xml file>);    }

This wil reload the layout from the layout-land dir, if available.Note: you will also need to link actions to buttons and things like that

private void setContentBasedOnLayout(){    WindowManager winMan = (WindowManager) getContext().getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);    if (winMan != null)    {        int orientation = winMan.getDefaultDisplay().getOrientation();        if (orientation == 0) {            // Portrait            setContentView(R.layout.alertdialogportrait);        }        else if (orientation == 1) {            // Landscape            setContentView(R.layout.alertdialoglandscape);        }                }}