How to rotate portrait landscape Android emulator

Question

I am new to Android development  I know if you change a android phone from portrait to landscape sometimes the app relays its self out on the screen   so how do I simulate rotating a phone with the emulator   On the Blackberry emulators there s a button in the menu to turn the phone  but I can t find it or any option on the Android ones     What am I missing

User · Accepted Answer

See the Android documentation on controlling the emulator  it s Ctrl   F11   Ctrl   F12   On ThinkPad running Ubuntu  you may try CTRL   Left Arrow Key or Right Arrow Key

User · Answer

Officially it s Ctrl F11  amp  Ctrl F12 or KEYPAD 7  amp  KEYPAD 9   In practise it s a bit quirky    Specifically it s Left Ctrl F11 and Left Ctrl F12 to switch to previous orientation and next orientation respectively   You have to release Ctrl before you can rotate again  KEYPAD 7 and KEYPAD 9 only work with Num Lock OFF  so they re acting as Home  amp  PageUp rather than 7  amp  9   The only orientations are vertically upright and rotated one quarter-turn anti-clockwise    Maybe a bit too much info for such a simple question  but it drove me half-mad finding this out   Note  This was tested on Android SDK R16 and a very old keyboard  modern keyboards may behave differently

User · Answer

Yes  Thanks  Ctrl   F11 for Portrait  and  Ctrl   F12 for Landscape

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