android: pros/cons of manually handling config changes

Question

Hi,

I don't want my Activity to be re-created every time the device is rotated, so I've put the android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" tags in my manifest file.

Is there any disadvantage to this approach? The screen seems to re-layout automatically upon rotation, and everything works well, with the advantage that i don't need to re-initialize all the objects in my activity every time the screen rotates.

Thanks!