Actionbarsherlock Restart To Apply Theme Triggers Wrong Lifecycle Methods

I use a SherlockFragmentActivity with 3 tabs. Each of these tabs are containing a SherlockFragment. If I restart my app (to apply a theme) with this code: (thanks to Dante!) finish

Solution 1:

You have to save the value somewhere,for example in the database or in the shared preferences.

Before you apply the setTheme(THEME); You have to retrieve that value.

This is the initial value:

publicstaticint THEME = R.style.Theme_Sherlock;

First set the value (for example "dark") and restart the app:

DBAdapterdb=newDBAdapter(this);
try {
    db.open();
    db.UpdateOption("theme", "dark");
}
catch (Exception ex) {}
finally {
    db.close();
}
finish();
Intentintent=newIntent(this, ActionBarTabsPager.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP); 
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(intent);

Then you get the new value and set the THEME

DBAdapterdb=newDBAdapter(this);
Cursorc=null;

try {
    db.open();
    c = db.GetOption(c, "theme");
    Stringtheme= c.getString(1);
    if (theme.equalsIgnoreCase("dark")) {
        THEME = R.style.Theme_Sherlock;
    }
    elseif (theme.equalsIgnoreCase("light")) {
        THEME = R.style.Theme_Sherlock_Light;
    }
    elseif (theme.equalsIgnoreCase("darklight")) {
        THEME = R.style.Theme_Sherlock_Light_DarkActionBar;
    }
}
catch (Exception ex) {}
finally {
    try {
            if (c != null)
            {
                c.close();
                c = null;
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex){}
        db.close();
}
setTheme(THEME);

I have a tabel OPTIONS to save some settings. This can also be done with shared preferences of course.