Make new project and run it without any change.
It will be "ordinary" behaviour. When you turn the device from portrait mode to landscape, you will get Activity_Create, Activity_Resume.
Reverse portrait typically does not generate Create/Resume. If you want to activate reverse portrait,
Dim phoneInstance As Phone
phoneInstance.SetScreenOrientation (10)
It is possible to disable Create/Resume in manifest
For example:
SetActivityAttribute (main, android:configChanges, "keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize")
To detect rotation in this case you can use IME's HeightChanged event.