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A workaround to anyone interested:
In the activity's onCreate method I call getResources().getConfiguration()
I then saves the data I'm interested about, e.g. locale and layoutDirection
                final Configuration configuration = getResources().getConfiguration();
lastLocale = configuration.locale.toString();
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR1) {
    lastLayoutDirection = configuration.getLayoutDirection();
}

Now, in the onConfigurationChanged I simply check if those values actually changed, if not - that is the bug, so just do nothing, if so, update the values and do whatever you wanted to do.

Good Luck.

I get onConfigurationChanged() even if no configChanges attribute is set in the AndroidManifest.  I have a basic empty Activity and no configChanges attribute set i the Manifest, and onConfigurationChanged is called on device rotation.

This is when building with Target SDK version/compileSDKVersion 25, 24, 23, 21. Tested on devices running Android 7 and Android 6.0.1 and I get the same behaviour in all cases.

I would expect that onConfigurationChanged would be called only if configChanges="orientation" was set in the Manifest for that Activity.  The documentation for the method Activity#onConfigurationChanged states:
"Note that this will only be called if you have selected configurations you would like to handle with the configChanges attribute in your manifest."

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Also please check this issue on android N latest build(7.1.1) and let us know the result.

Hi,

Steps to reproduce:
- Use basic project in Android Studio.
- Override onConfigurationChanged method in MainActivity.
- Call super as usual, and add some logging; Log.d("TAG", "onConfigurationChanged");
- Check Logcat

Frequency:
100%

[Expected] no "onConfigurationChanged" in Logcat, as method is never executed.

[Actual] onConfigurationChanged is printed, as onConfigurationChanged is called.

Affected version: 7.0
Not reproduced on 6.0.1

I have no 7.1.1 build, so cannot check.

We are not able to reproduce this issue on android 7.0 and android 7.1.1 version.

"onConfigurationChanged" method is not getting called hence no logs are seen in logcat.

But as per the comment #6, you are able to see the issue on android 7.0. Can you please share logcat or bugreport with us?

logcat output
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Android bug report:
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Hi,

This is sample application you can use to reproduce an issue.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-pfGUcclBmTVlN3cHRLR3lPbW8

It's nothing more then empty activity with overridden onConfigurationChanged.
Check AndroidManifest.xml. You'll see configChange attribute has not been specified.

Expected behavior is onConfigurationChanged not to be called.

On 7.0: It's called.
On 6.0.1: It's not called.
On 7.1.1: It's not called.

As onConfigurationChanged is not getting called on android N, latest build 7.1.1. Closing this issue as workingAsIntended on android N latest build.