Check orientation on Android phone

Question

How can I check if the Android phone is in Landscape or Portrait

User · Answer

Here is code snippet demo how to get screen orientation was recommend by hackbod and Martijn:

? Trigger when change Orientation:

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
        int nCurrentOrientation = _getScreenOrientation();
    _doSomeThingWhenChangeOrientation(nCurrentOrientation);
}

? Get current orientation as hackbod recommend:

private int _getScreenOrientation(){    
    return getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
}

?There are alternative solution for get current screen orientation ? follow Martijn solution:

private int _getScreenOrientation(){
        Display display = ((WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
        return display.getOrientation();
}

?Note: I was try both implement ? & ?, but on RealDevice (NexusOne SDK 2.3) Orientation it returns the wrong orientation.

?So i recommend to used solution ? to get Screen orientation which have more advantage: clearly, simple and work like a charm.

?Check carefully return of orientation to ensure correct as our expected (May be have limited depend on physical devices specification)

Hope it help,

User · Answer

i think using getRotationv   doesn t help because  http   developer android com reference android view Display html getRotation 28 29  getRotation   Returns the rotation of the screen from its  natural  orientation   so unless you know the  natural  orientation  rotation is meaningless   i found an easier way      Display display     WindowManager  context getSystemService Context WINDOW SERVICE   getDefaultDisplay      Point size   new Point      display getSize size     int width   size x    int height   size y    if width gt height         its landscape   please tell me if there is a problem with this someone

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It s also worth noting that nowadays  there s less good reason to check for explicit orientation with getResources   getConfiguration   orientation if you re doing so for layout reasons  as Multi-Window Support introduced in Android 7   API 24  could mess with your layouts quite a bit in either orientation  Better to consider using  lt ConstraintLayout gt   and alternative layouts dependent on available width or height  along with other tricks for determining which layout is being used  e g  the presence or not of certain Fragments being attached to your Activity

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The current configuration  as used to determine which resources to retrieve  is available from the Resources  Configuration object   getResources   getConfiguration   orientation    You can check for orientation by looking at its value   int orientation   getResources   getConfiguration   orientation  if  orientation    Configuration ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE           In landscape   else          In portrait     More information can be found in the Android Developer

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You can use this  based on here     public static boolean isPortrait Activity activity        final int currentOrientation   getCurrentOrientation activity       return currentOrientation    ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION REVERSE PORTRAIT    currentOrientation    ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION PORTRAIT     public static int getCurrentOrientation Activity activity          code based on https   www captechconsulting com blog eric-miles programmatically-locking-android-screen-orientation     final Display display   activity getWindowManager   getDefaultDisplay        final int rotation   display getRotation        final Point size   new Point        display getSize size       int result      if  rotation    Surface ROTATION 0                rotation    Surface ROTATION 180               if rotation is 0 or 180 and width is greater than height  we have            a tablet         if  size x  gt  size y                if  rotation    Surface ROTATION 0                    result   ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE                else                   result   ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION REVERSE LANDSCAPE                          else                  we have a phone             if  rotation    Surface ROTATION 0                    result   ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION PORTRAIT                else                   result   ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION REVERSE PORTRAIT                                else              if rotation is 90 or 270 and width is greater than height  we            have a phone         if  size x  gt  size y                if  rotation    Surface ROTATION 90                    result   ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE                else                   result   ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION REVERSE LANDSCAPE                          else                  we have a tablet             if  rotation    Surface ROTATION 90                    result   ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION REVERSE PORTRAIT                else                   result   ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION PORTRAIT                                    return result

User · Answer

There is one more way of doing it   public int getOrientation         if getResources   getDisplayMetrics   widthPixels gt getResources   getDisplayMetrics   heightPixels                 Toast t   Toast makeText this  LANDSCAPE  Toast LENGTH SHORT           t show            return 1            else               Toast t   Toast makeText this  PORTRAIT  Toast LENGTH SHORT           t show            return 2

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Just simple two line code  if  getResources   getConfiguration   orientation    Configuration ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE           do something in landscape   else         do in potrait

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Tested in 2019 on API 28  regardless of the user has set portrait orientation or not  and with minimal code compared to another  outdated answer  the following delivers the correct orientation        return The   link Configuration ORIENTATION SQUARE     link Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT     link Configuration ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE  constants based on the current phone screen pixel relations     private int getScreenOrientation         DisplayMetrics dm   context getResources   getDisplayMetrics       Screen rotation effected      if dm widthPixels    dm heightPixels          return Configuration ORIENTATION SQUARE      else         return dm widthPixels  lt  dm heightPixels   Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT   Configuration ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE

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Check screen orientation in runtime    Override public void onConfigurationChanged Configuration newConfig        super onConfigurationChanged newConfig           Checks the orientation of the screen     if  newConfig orientation    Configuration ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE            Toast makeText this   landscape   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show           else if  newConfig orientation    Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT           Toast makeText this   portrait   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show

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If you use getResources   getConfiguration   orientation on some devices you will get it wrong  We used that approach initially in http   apphance com  Thanks to remote logging of Apphance we could see it on different devices and we saw that fragmentation plays its role here   I saw weird cases  for example alternating portrait and square     on HTC Desire HD   CONDITION 17 37 10 345  screen  rotation  270 orientation  square CONDITION 17 37 12 774  screen  rotation  0 orientation  portrait CONDITION 17 37 15 898  screen  rotation  90 CONDITION 17 37 21 451  screen  rotation  0 CONDITION 17 38 42 120  screen  rotation  270 orientation  square   or not changing orientation at all   CONDITION 11 34 41 134  screen  rotation  0 CONDITION 11 35 04 533  screen  rotation  90 CONDITION 11 35 06 312  screen  rotation  0 CONDITION 11 35 07 938  screen  rotation  90 CONDITION 11 35 09 336  screen  rotation  0   On the other hand  width   and height   is always correct  it is used by window manager  so it should better be   I d say the best idea is to do the width height checking ALWAYS  If you think about a moment  this is exactly what you want - to know if width is smaller than height  portrait   the opposite  landscape  or if they are the same  square    Then it comes down to this simple code     public int getScreenOrientation         Display getOrient   getWindowManager   getDefaultDisplay        int orientation   Configuration ORIENTATION UNDEFINED      if getOrient getWidth    getOrient getHeight             orientation   Configuration ORIENTATION SQUARE        else           if getOrient getWidth    lt  getOrient getHeight                 orientation   Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT           else                 orientation   Configuration ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE                      return orientation

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Simple and easy      Make 2 xml layouts   i e Portrait and Landscape   At java file  write   private int intOrientation    at onCreate method and before setContentView write   intOrientation   getResources   getConfiguration   orientation  if  intOrientation    Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT      setContentView R layout activity main   else     setContentView R layout layout land        I tested it and it works fine

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int ot   getResources   getConfiguration   orientation  switch ot                     case  Configuration ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE               Log d  my orient    ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE            break          case Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT              Log d  my orient    ORIENTATION PORTRAIT                break           case Configuration ORIENTATION SQUARE              Log d  my orient    ORIENTATION SQUARE                break          case Configuration ORIENTATION UNDEFINED              Log d  my orient    ORIENTATION UNDEFINED                break              default              Log d  my orient    default val                break

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Some time has passed since most of these answers have been posted and some use now deprecated methods and constants   I ve updated Jarek s code to not use these methods and constants anymore   protected int getScreenOrientation         Display getOrient   getWindowManager   getDefaultDisplay        Point size   new Point         getOrient getSize size        int orientation      if  size x  lt  size y                orientation   Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT            else               orientation   Configuration ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE            return orientation      Note that the mode Configuration ORIENTATION SQUARE isn t supported anymore   I found this to be reliable on all devices I ve tested it on in contrast to the method suggesting the usage of getResources   getConfiguration   orientation

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there are many ways to do this   this piece of code works for me    if  this getWindow   getWindowManager   getDefaultDisplay                    getOrientation      ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION PORTRAIT                    portrait mode   else if  this getWindow   getWindowManager   getDefaultDisplay                    getOrientation      ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE                             landscape

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such this is overlay all phones such as oneplus3 public static boolean isScreenOriatationPortrait Context context        return context getResources   getConfiguration   orientation    Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT     right code as follows  public static int getRotation Context context        final int rotation     WindowManager  context getSystemService Context WINDOW SERVICE   getDefaultDisplay   getOrientation         if  rotation    Surface ROTATION 0    rotation    Surface ROTATION 180            return Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT             if  rotation    Surface ROTATION 90    rotation    Surface ROTATION 270            return Configuration ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE             return -1

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Use getResources   getConfiguration   orientation it s the right way   You just have to watch out for different types of landscapes  the landscape that the device normally uses and the other   Still don t understand how to manage that

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Use this way        int orientation   getResources   getConfiguration   orientation      String Orintaion           switch  orientation                case Configuration ORIENTATION UNDEFINED  Orintaion    Undefined   break          case Configuration ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE  Orintaion    Landscrape   break          case Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT   Orintaion    Portrait   break          default  Orintaion    Square  break          in the String you have the Oriantion

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The Android SDK can tell you this just fine   getResources   getConfiguration   orientation

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I think this solution easy one  if  context getResources   getConfiguration   orientation    Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT     user todat latout   true    else     user todat latout   false

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A fully way to specify the current orientation of the phone  public String getRotation Context context        final int rotation     WindowManager  context getSystemService Context WINDOW SERVICE   getDefaultDisplay   getOrientation        switch  rotation            case Surface ROTATION 0              return  quot portrait quot           case Surface ROTATION 90              return  quot landscape quot           case Surface ROTATION 180              return  quot reverse portrait quot           default              return  quot reverse landscape quot

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Another way of solving this problem is by not relying on the correct return value from the display but relying on the Android resources resolving   Create the file layouts xml in the folders res values-land and res values-port with the following content   res values-land layouts xml    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt resources gt       lt bool name  is landscape  gt true lt  bool gt   lt  resources gt    res values-port layouts xml    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt resources gt       lt bool name  is landscape  gt false lt  bool gt   lt  resources gt    In your source code you can now access the current orientation as follows   context getResources   getBoolean R bool is landscape

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I think this code may work after orientation change has take effect  Display getOrient   getWindowManager   getDefaultDisplay     int orientation   getOrient getOrientation      override Activity onConfigurationChanged Configuration newConfig  function and use newConfig orientation if you want to get notified about the new orientation before calling setContentView

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Old post I know  Whatever the orientation may be or is swapped etc  I designed this function that is used to set the device in the right orientation without the need to know how the portrait and landscape features are organised on the device      private void initActivityScreenOrientPortrait                    Avoid screen rotations  use the manifests android screenOrientation setting             Set this to nosensor or potrait             Set window fullscreen         this activity getWindow   setFlags WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG FULLSCREEN  WindowManager LayoutParams FLAG FULLSCREEN            DisplayMetrics metrics   new DisplayMetrics            this activity getWindowManager   getDefaultDisplay   getMetrics metrics                Test if it is VISUAL in portrait mode by simply checking it s size         boolean bIsVisualPortrait     metrics heightPixels  gt   metrics widthPixels              if   bIsVisualPortrait                             Swap the orientation to match the VISUAL portrait mode             if  this activity getResources   getConfiguration   orientation    Configuration ORIENTATION PORTRAIT                  this activity setRequestedOrientation ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION LANDSCAPE                 else   this activity setRequestedOrientation ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION PORTRAIT                        else   this activity setRequestedOrientation ActivityInfo SCREEN ORIENTATION NOSENSOR              Works like a charm

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