Component used: Android ViewModel
Version used: 1.0.0-rc1
Devices/Android versions reproduced on: Nexus 5x, API 27

Sample project: https://bitbucket.savagebeast.com/users/dkarmazin/repos/viewmodelscoping/browse/app/src/main
Issue on StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/q/48895839/4342124

CASE-1: Log output for locking and unlocking in landscape mode
02-20 16:30:14.159 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onCreate: orientation 2
02-20 16:30:14.159 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onCreate: no savedInstanceState
02-20 16:30:14.169 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/MyViewModel: MyViewModel 55090662: created
02-20 16:30:14.183 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onResume: orientation 2
### LOCKED IN LANDSCAPE MODE
02-20 16:30:22.978 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onSaveInstanceState: SAVED_STATE_244798673
02-20 16:30:22.996 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onStop: orientation 2
### UNLOCKED IN LANDSCAPE MODE
02-20 16:30:33.177 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onStop: orientation 2
02-20 16:30:33.178 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/MyViewModel: MyViewModel 55090662: onCleared
02-20 16:30:33.179 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onDestroy: orientation 2
02-20 16:30:33.241 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 218111434, onCreate: orientation 1
02-20 16:30:33.241 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 218111434, onCreate: saved string from savedInstanceState SAVED_STATE_244798673
02-20 16:30:33.242 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/MyViewModel: MyViewModel 113479034: created
02-20 16:30:33.248 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 218111434, onResume: orientation 1
02-20 16:30:33.705 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 218111434, onSaveInstanceState: SAVED_STATE_218111434
02-20 16:30:33.710 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 218111434, onStop: orientation 1
02-20 16:30:33.712 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 218111434, onDestroy: orientation 1
02-20 16:30:33.815 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 158140230, onCreate: orientation 2
02-20 16:30:33.815 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 158140230, onCreate: saved string from savedInstanceState SAVED_STATE_218111434
02-20 16:30:33.822 8296-8296/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 158140230, onResume: orientation 2

CASE-2: Log output for portrait mode:
02-20 16:38:10.283 8567-8567/? D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onCreate: orientation 1
02-20 16:38:10.283 8567-8567/? D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onCreate: no savedInstanceState
02-20 16:38:10.293 8567-8567/? D/MyViewModel: MyViewModel 55090662: created
02-20 16:38:10.301 8567-8567/? D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onResume: orientation 1
02-20 16:38:13.459 8567-8567/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onSaveInstanceState: SAVED_STATE_244798673
02-20 16:38:13.480 8567-8567/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onStop: orientation 1
02-20 16:38:17.704 8567-8567/com.dkarmazi.viewmodelscoping D/FragmentActivity: Activity 244798673, onResume: orientation 1

Problem:
In CASE 1, based on the logs, the bundle get somehow properly routed from Activity 244798673 to Activity 218111434 at `02-20 16:30:33.241`, but the ViewModel is not able to persist through this sequence of actions. Also, notice how ViewModel gets destroyed in CASE-1, but persisted in CASE-2.

Expected behavior:
`ViewModel` should not be destroyed in CASE-1.