Cordova ignores screen orientation lock

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I'm using Cordova 3.3.0 with my Galaxy S3 (running latest Cyanogenmod) to test an app I'm working on; I need the app screen to remain in "portrait" mode and be locked even if the user rotates the device. No matter what I tried or tutorials I followed, the app is ignoring the preferences to lock the screen. What am I doing wrong?

Here's my config.xml:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="com.numediaweb.test" version="0.0.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
    <name>Test</name>
    <description>
        Test.</description>
    <author href="http://test.com" email="abdel@test.com">
        me
    </author>
    <content src="index.html" />
    <access origin="*" />
    <preference name="orientation" value="portrait" />
    <preference name="fullscreen" value="true" />
    <preference name="SplashScreen" value="splash" />
    <preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="3000" />
</widget>

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered May 08 '14 at 10:24

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Fixed in Cordova 3.4.1. Now preference orientation works!

<preference name="orientation" value="portrait" />

answered May 08 '14 at 10:24

Juan R

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I'm on 3.5.0 I do not think it is fixed. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-6182 – Gordon Sun Aug 14 '14 at 02:11

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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I just found an interesting answer after I posted the question (in the related widget right); It's a bug in Cordova and to fix it, you either edit the AndroidManifest.xml to something like;

<activity android:screenOrientation="portrait" android:configChanges=...

Or use a plugin.

FI prefer to edit the manifest as it is easy.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Jan 19 '14 at 02:02

numediaweb

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The drawback is when you delete/rebuild your Android platform; you have to add the changes again :( Another thing with the plugin is that if you want to start your Cordova application pre-locked you have to edit the onCreate() activity.. – numediaweb Feb 13 '14 at 15:30
Provided plugin is deprecated, use this one: http://stackoverflow.com/a/32405384/1848600 – Gajotres Sep 04 '15 at 20:25

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '14 at 10:09

The solution is to edit the android manifest like this:

    <application
            android:icon="@drawable/icon"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <activity
                android:name=".AppName"
                android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize"
                android:label="@string/app_name"
                android:launchMode="singleTask"
                android:screenOrientation="unspecified"
                android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar" >

with unspecified android select the proper orientation for device. es. smartphone is portrait only, but tablet is portrait and landscape

Cordova ignores screen orientation lock

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