Android support portrait only in mobile

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Home to make android application to run in portrait mode only in mobile, where as in tablet it allow both portrait and landscape orientation? Thanks in advance

check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5832368/tablet-or-phone-android and this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8180764/how-do-i-lock-screen-orientation-for-phone-but-not-for-tablet-android — M S Gadag, Jan 10 '15 at 08:24

Parth Bhayani · Answer 1 · 2020-03-16T09:31:11.690

First check in your activity or slpash screen that the application must be run in which device.

Check the below code to your mainActivity or splash screen.

Intent intent;
if (isTablet(DeciderActivity.this)) 
{
   // for Tablet
   intent = new Intent(this, TabletSplashActivity.class);
   startActivity(intent);
} 
else 
{
  // for Phone
  intent = new Intent(this, PhoneSplashActivity.class);
  startActivity(intent);
}

Please declare the isTablet method

public static boolean isTablet() {

        DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
        activity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);

        float yInches = metrics.heightPixels / metrics.ydpi;
        float xInches = metrics.widthPixels / metrics.xdpi;
        double diagonalInches = Math.sqrt(xInches * xInches + yInches * yInches);

        if (diagonalInches >= 7) {
                // 7inch device or bigger
                return true;
            } else {
                // smaller device
                return false;
            }
        }

I hope this will work for you, it was working fine with my code.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

In the manifest, set this for all your activities:

<activity android:name=".YourActivity"
    android:configChanges="orientation"
    android:screenOrientation="portrait"/>

Let me explain:

With android:configChanges="orientation" you tell Android that you will be responsible of the changes of orientation.
android:screenOrientation="portrait" you set the default orientation mode.

You can call setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT); ine the onCreate method of your Activity if the device is a phone. To determine if the device is a phone or a tablet, you can have a look at this question.

Android support portrait only in mobile

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