diff -r 1cb6ac648db7 android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
--- a/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java	Sun Nov 09 14:20:53 2014 -0500
+++ b/android-project/src/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java	Fri Nov 14 16:28:29 2014 +0100
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.media.*;
 import android.hardware.*;
+import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
 
 /**
     SDL Activity
@@ -1044,6 +1045,31 @@
         SDLActivity.onNativeResize(width, height, sdlFormat);
         Log.v("SDL", "Window size:" + width + "x"+height);
 
+ 
+        boolean skip = false;
+        int requestedOrientation = SDLActivity.mSingleton.getRequestedOrientation();
+
+        if (requestedOrientation == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED)
+        {
+            // Accept any
+        }
+        else if (requestedOrientation == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)
+        {
+            if (mWidth > mHeight) {
+               skip = true;
+            }
+        } else if (requestedOrientation == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
+            if (mWidth < mHeight) {
+               skip = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (skip) {
+           Log.v("SDL", "Skip .. Surface is not ready");
+           return;
+        }
+
+
         // Set mIsSurfaceReady to 'true' *before* making a call to handleResume
         SDLActivity.mIsSurfaceReady = true;
         SDLActivity.onNativeSurfaceChanged();
@@ -1075,6 +1101,10 @@
             });
             SDLActivity.mSDLThread.start();
         }
+
+        if (SDLActivity.mHasFocus) {
+            SDLActivity.handleResume();
+        }
     }
 
     // unused