How to Lock Android App s Orientation to Portrait in Phones and Landscape in Tablets

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I am developing an Android app whose orientation I don t want changed to landscape mode when the user rotates the device  Also  I want the locked orientation to be portrait mode on phones and landscape mode on tablets  Can this be achieved  if yes how  Thanks

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You have to add the android screenOrientation  portrait  directive in your AndroidManifest xml  This is to be done in your  lt activity gt  tag   In addition  the Android Developers guide states that             you should also explicitly declare that your application requires   either portrait or landscape orientation with the    element  For example   lt uses-feature android name  android hardware screen portrait    gt

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It might be   you have to identify it is tablet or phone by programmatically    First check device is phone or tablet  Determine if the device is a smartphone or tablet   Tablet or Phone - Android  Then        if isTablet          setRequestedOrientation ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE          else         setRequestedOrientation ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION PORTRAIT

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I can see you have accepted an answer which doesn t solve your problem entirely   android screenOrientation  portrait     This will force your app to be portrait on both phones and tablets   You can have the app forced in the device s  preferred  orientation by using   android screenOrientation  nosensor    This will lead to forcing your app to portrait on most phones phones and landscape on tablets  There are many phones with keypads which were designed for landscape mode  Forcing your app to portrait can make it almost unusable on such devices  Android is recently migrating to other types of devices as well  It is best to just let the device choose the preferred orientation

User · Answer

Just Add   android screenOrientation  portrait    in  AndroidManifest xml      lt activity android screenOrientation  portrait  android name   MainActivity  android label   string app name  gt   lt  activity gt

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Set the Screen orientation to portrait in Manifest file under the activity Tag

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Set the Screen orientation to portrait in Manifest file under the activity Tag  Here the example You need to enter in every Activity Add The Following Lines in Activity for portrait android screenOrientation  quot portrait quot  tools ignore  quot LockedOrientationActivity quot    for landscape android screenOrientation  quot landscape quot  tools ignore  quot LockedOrientationActivity quot   Here The Example of MainActivity  lt  xml version  quot 1 0 quot  encoding  quot utf-8 quot   gt   lt manifest xmlns android  quot http   schemas android com apk res android quot      xmlns tools  quot http   schemas android com tools quot      package  quot org thcb app quot  gt         lt application         android allowBackup  quot true quot          android icon  quot  mipmap ic launcher quot          android label  quot  string app name quot          android roundIcon  quot  mipmap ic launcher round quot          android supportsRtl  quot true quot          android theme  quot  style AppTheme quot  gt            lt activity android name  quot  MainActivity quot              android screenOrientation  quot portrait quot              tools ignore  quot LockedOrientationActivity quot  gt               lt intent-filter gt                   lt action android name  quot android intent action MAIN quot    gt                   lt category android name  quot android intent category LAUNCHER quot    gt               lt  intent-filter gt           lt  activity gt    lt activity android name  quot  MainActivity2 quot              android screenOrientation  quot landscape quot              tools ignore  quot LockedOrientationActivity quot  gt               lt intent-filter gt                   lt action android name  quot android intent action MAIN quot    gt                   lt category android name  quot android intent category LAUNCHER quot    gt               lt  intent-filter gt           lt  activity gt       lt  application gt    lt  manifest gt

User · Answer

lt activity android name   yourActivity            android screenOrientation  portrait        gt    add to main activity and add  android configChanges  keyboardHidden    to keep your program from changing mode when keyboard is called

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android screenOrientation  locked    in   lt application gt  for all app in   lt activity gt  for actual activity

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You just have to define the property below inside the activity element in your AndroidManifest xml file  It will restrict your orientation to portrait   android screenOrientation  quot portrait quot   Example           lt activity             android name  quot com example demo spinner MainActivity quot              android label  quot  string app name quot              android screenOrientation  quot portrait quot   gt           lt  activity gt   if you want this to apply to the whole app define the property below inside the application tag like so           lt application gt           android screenOrientation  quot sensorPortrait quot           lt  application gt   Additionaly  as per Eduard Luca s comment below  you can also use screenOrientation  quot sensorPortrait quot  if you want to enable rotation by 180 degrees

[android] How to Lock Android App's Orientation to Portrait in Phones and Landscape in Tablets?

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