How do I change screen orientation in the Android emulator?

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How do we change emulator screen orientation to landscape or portrait?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2618967/switching-to-landscape-mode-in-android-emulator — DPP, Aug 05 '13 at 01:49

score 463 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 09 '14 at 22:51

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Ctrl+F12 is the keyboard shortcut.

edited Apr 09 '14 at 22:51

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See http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html#controlling – Mirko N. Jan 02 '10 at 13:59
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Numpad 7 is what I use, just make sure you have NumLock turned off so you're basically pressing the "Home" key on the Numpad. – Mark B Jan 04 '10 at 16:23
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Numpad 7 is nice, but if you're using a laptop, you're screwed, so this is the definite +1 – David Conde Jun 20 '11 at 11:49
on some linux distros the right Ctrl key may not functioning I use left Ctrl-F12 on archlinux – Ahmed Aswani Jan 15 '12 at 13:17
I thought this did not work for me and I kept searching and searching for other answers, but then I tried Ctrl-F12 again with the left Ctrl key instead of the right Ctrl key, and it worked! – Phil Aug 18 '12 at 03:04
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On Mac it's CTRL + FN + F11 – Gal Bracha May 17 '13 at 09:33
It shows sideways, but doesn't rotate the inner screen, on Nexus One avd. – NoBugs Feb 23 '15 at 04:40
turn on your auto rotate of emulator – Ansal Ali Mar 16 '16 at 06:38

score 84 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 22 '13 at 06:19

Android Emulator Shortcuts

Ctrl+F11 Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape backwards

Ctrl+F12 Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape forwards

1. Main Device Keys

Home Home Button

F2 Left Softkey / Menu / Settings button (or Page up)

Shift+f2 Right Softkey / Star button (or Page down)

Esc Back Button

F3 Call/ dial Button

F4 Hang up / end call button

F5 Search Button

2. Other Device Keys

Ctrl+F5 Volume up (or + on numeric keyboard with Num Lock off) Ctrl+F6 Volume down (or + on numeric keyboard with Num Lock off) F7 Power Button Ctrl+F3 Camera Button

Ctrl+F11 Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape backwards

Ctrl+F12 Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape forwards

F8 Toggle cell network

F9 Toggle code profiling

Alt+Enter Toggle fullscreen mode

F6 Toggle trackball mode

With only two modes changing forward and backwards comes out the same. Also as source one could cite http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html#controlling — NoDataDumpNoContribution, Dec 28 '15 at 08:37

score 40 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 04 '16 at 19:57

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For those pesky Apple MacBook keyboard layouts that otherwise adjust the volume, use Ctrl + fn + F12.

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score 18 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 21 '14 at 13:08

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Num 7 on keypad does it for me. Remember it works only when Num Lock is off.

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score 17 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 22 '13 at 06:18

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ctrl+fn+F11 on Mac to change the landscape to portrait and vice versa.

left-ctrl+F11on Windows 7.

ctrl+F11on Linux.

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score 16 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 04 '16 at 19:55

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Ctrl + F11 and Ctrl + F12 both work.

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answered Nov 24 '10 at 03:15

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score 14 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 19 '19 at 19:11

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Additionally, you must verify the autorotate setting on the emulator. Because of if this setting is off, you can't change the orientation besides press the rotate buttons. In the following picture, I will show how you can do this.

answered Mar 19 '19 at 19:11

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You just saved my life. I totally forgot about that. Thank you so much. – Vinícius Pacheco Vieira Jan 28 '20 at 14:30
I'm happy can help you, greetings Vinicius – martosfre Sep 18 '20 at 23:51

score 11 · Answer 8 · edited Jun 11 '16 at 01:20

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On Ubuntu none of the keys (Ctrl+F11/F12 or numpad 7/numpad 9) worked for me. But I can rotate the emulator sending the keys with xdotool.

For example for a VM named "Galaxy_Nexus" I can rotate the emulator with:

xdotool search --name "Galaxy" key "ctrl_L+F11"

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answered Apr 02 '13 at 07:43

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Thanks. This worked in my case, without the L. xdotool search --name "Nexus" key "ctrl+F11" – Keeper Hood Feb 11 '14 at 15:55
All other methods failed on Linux Mint 17.3, this works. I also had to modify the key to "ctrl+F11" – JNissi Mar 07 '16 at 09:32

score 7 · Answer 9 · edited Mar 04 '16 at 20:01

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For Mac, use:

Ctrl + FN + F11

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answered Jul 23 '12 at 18:25

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score 7 · Answer 10 · edited Mar 04 '16 at 19:56

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Ctrl + F11, numpad 7 and numpad 9 don't work on my Ubuntu box, but Ctrl + F12 does.

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score 6 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 22 '16 at 17:37

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You no longer need to remember the shortcuts. The latest Android AVD interface contains a sidebar with various functional shortcuts. I've circled in blue the buttons that rotate the screen clockwise and counter-clockwise.

answered Mar 22 '16 at 17:37

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Unfortunately, although this rotates the emulator depiction, it doesn't signal the applications to rotate. – Oscar Jul 17 '20 at 23:22
@Oscar I'm using Flutter's MediaQuery and my app rotates. There's a short lag but then the mode has changed. – Banana Dec 05 '21 at 10:51
@Oscar it is signaling but you need to swipe "a finger" from the top of the display and click on the enable rotation icon. I guess the emulator comes with Android system that has the icon disabled by default. Imagine how you would enable/disable rotation on your android phone. See the answer by martosfre above. – timmi4sa Apr 25 '22 at 16:13

score 4 · Answer 12 · edited Mar 15 '18 at 21:24

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Ubuntu Release 12.04 (precise) 64-bit
DELL Latitude E6320

CTRL + (double tap on F12)

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score 3 · Answer 13 · answered Jun 10 '13 at 16:12

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Fn + 7 is a solution for keyboards where the num keypad is merged with the main keypad. Here the key with 7 (and &) is the key that has the blue-coloured 7.

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score 3 · Answer 14 · answered Jun 02 '15 at 06:08

Android Emulator Shortcuts

Ctrl+F11 Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape backwards

Ctrl+F12 Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape forwards

Main Device Keys

Home Home Button

F2 Left Softkey / Menu / Settings button (or Page up)

Shift+F2 Right Softkey / Star button (or Page down)

Esc Back Button

F3 Call/ dial Button

F4 Hang up / end call button

F5 Search Button

Other Device Keys

Ctrl+F5 Volume up (or + on numeric keyboard with Num Lock off) Ctrl+F6 Volume down (or + on numeric keyboard with Num Lock off) F7 Power Button Ctrl+F3 Camera Button

Ctrl+F11 Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape backwards

Ctrl+F12 Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape forwards

F8 Toggle cell network

F9 Toggle code profiling

Alt+Enter Toggle fullscreen mode

F6 Toggle trackball mode

score 3 · Answer 15 · answered Aug 13 '20 at 00:42

On Android Studio 4.0.1, the emulator includes buttons for rotation.

In the image below, the Rotate Left (shortcut: Ctrl + Left) button is outlined in blue and the Rotate Right (shortcut: Ctrl + Right) button is outlined in red.

After pressing one of the buttons to rotate, the orientation of the application itself will not change. For instance, if we pressed Rotate Left, the application would look this:

To change the orientation of the running application, it is necessary to click the icon outlined in red above. Note that this icon may take a few seconds to show up and will disappear shortly. Also, when rotating back to portrait orientation, one must press the opposite rotate button for the icon to appear. This means that if we pressed Rotate Left, we need to press Rotate Right to return to the original orientation, and vice versa.

score 2 · Answer 16 · edited Nov 21 '14 at 13:00

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In my notebook, Dell Latitude E4310, the Ctrl+F12 keys do the job.

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answered Jun 15 '12 at 14:16

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score 2 · Answer 17 · edited Mar 04 '16 at 19:58

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Use function + 9 for HP laptops. Others keys specified in previous answers didn't work for me.

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score 2 · Answer 18 · answered May 06 '15 at 11:04

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My virtual device could not be rotated. Go to the device list, click settings and change the predefined resolution.

answered May 06 '15 at 11:04

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score 1 · Answer 19 · edited Nov 21 '14 at 13:02

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Left Ctrl+F12 = For Windows 8

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score 1 · Answer 20 · answered Apr 28 '15 at 02:58

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To do this on the Surface

Ctrl+Fn+F12

answered Apr 28 '15 at 02:58

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score 1 · Answer 21 · answered Aug 08 '16 at 17:49

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With Android Studio:

Windows: Ctrl+Left-Arrow and Ctrl+Right-Arrow

answered Aug 08 '16 at 17:49

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score 0 · Answer 22 · edited Mar 04 '16 at 20:05

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All of the above methods didn't work for me. Using Left Ctrl + <Windows Key> + F11 worked on Linux Mint 17.

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Peter Mortensen

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score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Nov 19 '15 at 22:04

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Super->Ctrl_L->F12 works for me on Fedora 23

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score 0 · Answer 24 · edited Nov 16 '16 at 22:03

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In the updated emulator you don't have to remember the keyboard shortcuts -- they have added a side panel to the right side of the window. You can change the screen orientation by clicking either of the "rotate" buttons in that side panel.

Just click on Rotate button to change the landscape to portrait and vice versa.

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Unfortunately, although this rotates the emulator depiction, it doesn't signal the applications to rotate. Bizarre. – Oscar Jul 17 '20 at 23:20

score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Jul 11 '19 at 15:03

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On Mac to see the help: ⌘/ then you will see Keyboard shortcuts.

Rotate right: ⌘→ , Rotate left: ⌘←

answered Jul 11 '19 at 15:03

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score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Sep 09 '22 at 05:51

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For Linux use: Right_Ctrl + left_Arrow or Right_Ctrl + right_Arrow.

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score 0 · Answer 27 · answered Nov 13 '22 at 13:02

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Make sure Auto-rotate is ON

Rotate Right/Left.

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score -2 · Answer 28 · answered Jan 17 '18 at 16:25

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Ctrl+Left

See documentation here: https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator.html#tasks

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