If we use android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation", then when we switch from portrait to landscape mode, the xml layout is not taken from "layout-land" folder. Why? and, Is thr a way to do this?, bcos i have to make changes in my portrait layout for proper display in the switched landscape mode.

Thanks,
Farha

Thats because your activity does not restart when you set the keyboardHidden part, thus Android does not rebuild your view using layout-land. In theory it you can make a workaround by using the onConfigurationChange method and set you content view to your layout-land file. But that's a theory, I didn't try it.

tht's the issue. I am using a webview, so if in onConfigurationChanged(), i set the layout, the page refreshes in the webview.

Another possibility is changing the existing layout in onConfigurationChanged by altering the views programmatically. Like changing LayoutParams etc. Bit more complicated, though.