[android] Change Screen Orientation programmatically using a Button

I think this is implementable since screen rotation behaviour can go up to the application level.

Use this to set the orientation of the screen:

setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);

or

setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);

and don't forget to add this to your manifest:

android:configChanges = "orientation"

A working code:

private void changeScreenOrientation() {
    int orientation = yourActivityName.this.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
    if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
        setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
        showMediaDescription();
    } else {
        setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
        hideMediaDescription();
    }
    if (Settings.System.getInt(getContentResolver(),
            Settings.System.ACCELEROMETER_ROTATION, 0) == 1) {
        Handler handler = new Handler();
        handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR);
            }
        }, 4000);
    }
}

call this method in your button click

Yes, you can set the screen orientation programatically anytime you want using:

setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);

for landscape and portrait mode respectively. The setRequestedOrientation() method is available for the Activity class, so it can be used inside your Activity.

And this is how you can get the current screen orientation and set it adequatly depending on its current state:

Display display = ((WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
final int orientation = display.getOrientation(); 
 // OR: orientation = getRequestedOrientation(); // inside an Activity

// set the screen orientation on button click
Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.yourbutton);
btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
          public void onClick(View v) {

              switch(orientation) {
                   case Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT:
                       setRequestedOrientation (ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
                       break;
                   case Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE:
                       setRequestedOrientation (ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
                       break;                   
               }
          }
   });

Taken from here: http://techblogon.com/android-screen-orientation-change-rotation-example/

EDIT

Also, you can get the screen orientation using the Configuration:

Activity.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation

Wherever possible, please don't use SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE or SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT. Instead use:

setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR_LANDSCAPE);
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR_PORTRAIT);

These allow the user to orient the device to either landscape orientation, or either portrait orientation, respectively. If you've ever had to play a game with a charging cable being driven into your stomach, then you know exactly why having both orientations available is important to the user.

Note: For phones, at least several that I've checked, it only allows the "right side up" portrait mode, however, SENSOR_PORTRAIT works properly on tablets.

Note: this feature was introduced in API Level 9, so if you must support 8 or lower (not likely at this point), then instead use:

setRequestedOrientation(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 9 ?
                        ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE :
                        ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR_LANDSCAPE);
setRequestedOrientation(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 9 ?
                        ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT :
                        ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR_PORTRAIT);