Android ScreenOrientation behavior

Question

I got an activity which I want to always remain with portrait layout. I got these settings in the manifest file:

<activity android:name="Main"
            android:launchMode="singleInstance"
            android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait" android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden|adjustNothing">

This settings makes the activity just load the portrait layout to the side if I turn the device on the side. I want the layout to just remain in the portrait position and that's it even though it means viewing the layout on the side when switching the device 90 degrees.

Already answered here :: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/582185/android-disable-landscape-mode?rq=1 — Harsh, Feb 12 '15 at 14:37

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 12 '15 at 14:30

From Android 3.2 onwards, you also need to add screenSize to configChanges

android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"

From the developer docs at handling runtime changes

Caution: Beginning with Android 3.2 (API level 13), the "screen size" also changes when the device switches between portrait and landscape orientation.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '15 at 14:46

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Force it dynamically:

setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);

answered Feb 12 '15 at 14:46

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Put this line in the Activity's onCreate(). – SMBiggs Jan 05 '16 at 22:24

Android ScreenOrientation behavior

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