Android windowIsTranslucent locks orientation to portrait

Asked Nov 19 '14 at 14:02

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I have an activity which i would like launched using:

<item name="android:windowIsTranslucent">true</item>

I do not understand why on handset devices the orientation is locked to portrait and on tablet it is not. When i remove this flag the orientation is available both on handsets and tablets.

Answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3821680/2746924

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8394582/singleinstance-activity-make-me-confuse – Blaze Tama Nov 19 '14 at 14:13
Read it top to bottom. Nothing there answers my question. – JY2k Nov 19 '14 at 14:29
@JY2k wow you are getting the worst answers today – CQM Nov 19 '14 at 14:48
@JY2k try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13101459/androidtheme-translucent-locks-orientation-to-portrait – CQM Nov 19 '14 at 14:49
This correct answer is explained here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/3821680/2746924 – JY2k Nov 19 '14 at 17:06
I think this might be what you were looking for: http://stackoverflow.com/a/17638005/453052 – d4vidi May 21 '15 at 13:17

Android windowIsTranslucent locks orientation to portrait

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