Android emulator rotates but not its contents

Question

I am following a tutorial to learn developing Android applications.

(I'm using Netbeans instead of Eclipse, I don't believe this has anything to do with my problem though).

The point is when I run the program and try to switch the AVD to landscape mode it actually rotates 90 degres but only the device, not the screen contents.

See the snapshot:

have you set your activity screenrotation to potrait in manifest? and also check if rotation option is enabled in the device or emulator — Illegal Argument, Jun 24 '14 at 15:30
see if this topic helps: http://stackoverflow.com/q/7394447/3640637 — PedroHawk, Jun 24 '14 at 15:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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The problem seems related with using AVD for Android 4.4.2, as the following post denotes:

Impossible to rotate the emulator with android 4.4

If I use instead an AVD for an older Android version as 4.1.2 the rotation works as expected.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Jun 25 '14 at 19:30

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 02 '14 at 19:40

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Close the emulator instance.
Edit the virtual device in the Android Virtual Device Manager.
Select "Hardware keyboard present" and click "OK".
Start the device again.

Should work now.

answered Nov 02 '14 at 19:40

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Android emulator rotates but not its contents

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