How to test screen rotation in Android Emulator?

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If I open a browser in emulator and press Ctrl+F11 or F9 or Ctrl+F11, the screen rotates but browser doesn't. enter image description here

To test I downloaded a native app and installed it on my emulator and phone both. The app catches the rotation of phone but on emulator similar thing happened.
I googled it and read few posts on Stackoverflow, I found that its a bug in Emulator of particular version.

But which version of emulator runs it fine?
I simply downloaded the adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702 and I have eclipse(juno) with it. Eclipse has Andoird SDK Manager inside it, which helped me to chose the latest APIs, SDK tools etc. I downloaded those, what did I miss that doesn't support rotation.
I also read that if I if uncheck Hardware keyboard Present then it would work but it didn't.
I also tried by uncheck Host GPU, no luck.
Finally I was told that need to specify in AndroidManifest.xml that I want to support both landscapeand portrait both. But I have not created any android project in eclipse I simply created a device and now checking its rotation with its own browser and by installing a apk file from internet.
Are there any concrete steps/tested way that work out screen rotation on android emulator?

@MSGadag, I already mentioned that I tried it, but its not working. Its rotates emulator not app. See screenshot. — paul, Oct 17 '14 at 11:43

CommonsWare · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-17T11:52:49.000

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But which version of emulator runs it fine?

4.3 (API Level 18) and below.

Are there any concrete steps/tested way that work out screen rotation on android emulator?

Download an emulator image for Android 4.3 (API Level 18) or below, create an emulator from it, and use that. You will find emulator images in your SDK Manager:

Android SDK Manager

In the above screenshot, you will see API Level 17 and 18 emulator images towards the bottom of the picture.

edited Oct 17 '14 at 11:52

answered Oct 17 '14 at 11:42

CommonsWare

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let me try this , btw where I can get the image for `Android 4.3 (API Level 18)`? – paul Oct 17 '14 at 11:47
@paul: In your SDK Manager. – CommonsWare Oct 17 '14 at 11:48
Superb it worked, smooth. But why APIs above 4.3 not supporting? – paul Oct 17 '14 at 14:03
@paul: There's just a bug in the emulator. Hopefully, someday, they will fix it. – CommonsWare Oct 17 '14 at 14:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 17 '14 at 12:06

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Your problem can be solved by changing one setting as given below:

Open Menu
Goto Settings
Goto Accessibility
Check the check box for "Auto-rotate screen".

This may solve your issue.

answered Oct 17 '14 at 12:06

Lalit Jawale

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it was already checked, before I decided that I will ask this question on SOF. – paul Oct 17 '14 at 13:34

How to test screen rotation in Android Emulator?

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