How do I stop an Android app from rotating?

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I'm developing an Android application, and I don't like it to rotate when the user rotates the screen. The user will be able to use only the portrait view, but not the landscape one.

The right answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6637075/1034622 — Pablo Chvx, Dec 15 '17 at 23:26

score 16 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 04 '16 at 19:30

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Put the following in your manifest, in every activity that should not rotate:

<activity
    ...
    android:screenOrientation="portrait" />

edited Mar 04 '16 at 19:30

Peter Mortensen

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myApp.Animate().Rotate(360).Duration(5000).Start(); Hahahahaha. Still rotate. – nyconing May 08 '18 at 09:00
You know this is 3 years old right ? – Hans1984 May 14 '18 at 19:42

Merlí Escarpenter Pérez · Answer 2 · 2015-07-02T11:45:15.980

Add this below code in your activity from AndroidManifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="YourPackage.name">

    //Other Activities and Intents

    <activity
        //Other lines of your activity code
        android:screenOrientation="portrait">
    </activity>
</manifest>

Tell me if I helped you and good programming!

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 04 '16 at 19:31

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You have to declare all the limitations/permissions in your manifest file. Just add the following permission for your application.

android:screenOrientation="portrait"

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 04 '16 at 19:30

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In your manifest, in the activity tag, use:

android:screenOrientation="portrait"

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 02 '15 at 11:25

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Add in manifest android:screenOrientation to your app.

<activity android:name="YourActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" > (...) </activity>

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How do I stop an Android app from rotating?

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