How do I simulate rotating the device with Android emulator?

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I am running Android via the SDK emulator on Ubuntu. When you rotate some devices, they reset the layout to match (from portrait to landscape, or landscape to portrait). How can I simulate this on the emulator?

(Is this the same as simulating the accelerometer, for example with OpenIntents' SensorSimulator, or is there more to it?)

score 34 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '12 at 12:37

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you can use KEYPAD_7, Ctrl-F11 ,KEYPAD_9 or Ctrl-F12 to move to the next orientation

answered Aug 07 '12 at 12:37

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thanks nandeesh! is this referenced in the android documentation? if so could you provide a link? finally, these keys seem to rotate the phone between two orientations only (left-side down, bottom down), is this correct? (I can't turn it right-down or upside down) – Katherine Rix Aug 07 '12 at 19:43
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you can check here. http://developer.android.com/tools/help/emulator.html . If you repeatedly press KEYPAD_9 then it will rotate upside down i guess. – nandeesh Aug 08 '12 at 05:16
Seems outdated (?) – MonoThreaded May 07 '16 at 15:02

waqaslam · Answer 2 · 2013-04-25T07:39:47.990

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I think, what you need is:

Ctrl+F11

edited Apr 25 '13 at 07:39

answered Aug 07 '12 at 12:38

waqaslam

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 07 '16 at 15:03

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Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right are your friends

answered May 07 '16 at 15:03

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 26 '23 at 16:26

The answer to this question has changed in 2023. Under the "Pixel 3 API 28" emulator running on Android Studio Flamingo | 2022.2.1, there's a whole series of Extended Controls for simulating sensor inputs.

You can control the 3d orientation of the simulated device by opening the Extended Controls dialog with the 3 dots vertical menu in the Android emulator pane. That pops up a window; choose "Virtual sensors", then the "Device Pose" tab. It contains sliders to rotate the device in 3 axes.

Here's a screenshot of it in action while running a bubble/spirit level app.

How do I simulate rotating the device with Android emulator?

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