My bare-bones test app sets the orientation to landscape on start up. It has a layout and layout-port directory. There is a simple layout file in each directory. They contain a textview with text set to either "Landscape" or "Portrait".
In my test I start the app on a tablet tipped into portrait. With this code, I would expect the layout from /layout/my_layout.xml to be used, but /layout-port/my_layout.xml is used instead. I've also tried making a /layout-land directory but still no luck.
From my main activity:
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Start app with tablet in portrait orientation
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
int o = this.getRequestedOrientation();
// o is 0, indicating landscape. Display shifted to landscape
setContentView(R.layout.my_layout);
// layout-port/my_layout.xml is loaded. INCORRECT I think
}
/layout/my_layout.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#ff000000">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/tvLabel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Landscape"
android:textSize="50sp"
android:textColor="#ffffffff"/>
</LinearLayout>
/layout-port/my_layout.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#ff000000">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/tvLabel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Portrait"
android:textSize="50sp"
android:textColor="#ffffffff"/>
</LinearLayout>
AndroidManifest.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.mytest"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="16"
android:targetSdkVersion="16" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.mytest.ActivityMain"
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustPan" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
