How to make application run portrait in phone and landscape on tablets

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Hi I am looking to learn about these so that I can give more good layouts and UI exp of my application. I want my app must run only in portrait mode in case of phone that I can set in the AndroidManifest.xml like

    <activity
        android:name=".SplashActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_splash"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

But This will keep for all phones and tablet. If I do this way then of course my layout won't look good on 7 and 10 inch screens.

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How to set such that my app run in portrait mode in mobile phones and landscape mode on 7 and 10 inch screens.

Thanks in advance.

possible duplicate of [How do I make it only landscape for tablets and only portrait for phones?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10153992/how-do-i-make-it-only-landscape-for-tablets-and-only-portrait-for-phones) — jbutler483, Nov 19 '14 at 15:15
@jbutler483 How this you can get whether device is 7 or 10 inch ? — N Sharma, Nov 19 '14 at 15:18
it was answered in the accepted answer: [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1016896/get-screen-dimensions-in-pixels) or even [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2193457/is-there-a-way-to-determine-android-physical-screen-height-in-cm-or-inches) — jbutler483, Nov 19 '14 at 15:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 19 '14 at 15:42

Create a new file named bools.xml in values folder as below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <resources>
    <item type="bool" name="isLargeLayout">false</item>
</resources>

create another file in values-large folder named bools.xml as below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <resources>
    <item type="bool" name="isLargeLayout">true</item>
</resources>

Now in your activity before calling to setContentView get this resource and based on its value decide port or land orientation:

boolean isLargeLayout = getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.isLargeLayout);
if(isLargeLayout) {
    // Tablet Mode
    setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
} else {
    // Handset Mode
    setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
}

I don't have these res/values-large folder in my app. Can I add those folders? — Gangadhar Jannu, Mar 23 '16 at 09:35

Machado · Answer 2 · 2014-11-19T15:42:11.900

Use setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) to set it programatically;

You can get the screen dimensions like this this:

Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
Point size = new Point();
display.getSize(size);
int width = size.x;
int height = size.y;

If you're not in an Activity you can get the default Display via WINDOW_SERVICE:

WindowManager wm = (WindowManager) context.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
Display display = wm.getDefaultDisplay();


Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay(); 
int width = display.getWidth();  // deprecated
int height = display.getHeight();  // deprecated

Before getSize was introduced (in API level 13), you could use the getWidth and getHeight methods that are now deprecated.

THe recommended way to do this is use distinct resources for each. You can design layouts for portrait or landscape, large size devices, small, etc. For example you can have a layout exist in res/layout-port and in res/layout-landscape and in res/layout-sw600dp, which is good for 7" tablets — Martin, Nov 19 '14 at 15:39

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