Get android device orientation even when autoRotation is turned off

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I have an android app in which the screen orientation is set to portrait in manifest file. It uses a custom camera in b/w , to take a photo and I need to save the photo.

Before I save the image I have to rotate the image depending on how the user is holding the camera, so that the image gets saved in the right orientation.

So, is there any way by which I can get the device orientation even when my app is running in portrait mode and android "auto-rotation" feature is ON. How can I achieve this?

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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You should do the rotation depending on the orientation information within the image, not depending on the device orientation.

Here is some more information on how to determine the rotation.

Since this does not help, have you tried hackpod's answer here:

getResources().getConfiguration().orientation

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Sep 23 '15 at 11:19

Ridcully

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I get the byte[] in onPictureCallBack() , from there how can I see the orientation information? – hybrid Sep 23 '15 at 15:08
I added a link to the SO question I followed. – Ridcully Sep 23 '15 at 18:06
just tried it, the Exif Meta data is also having the orientation as 1 always – hybrid Sep 24 '15 at 04:29
yes I have tried that one too.not working. Finally now am using an orientaion sensor to get the value , which is not the optimal solution for my problem. – hybrid Sep 24 '15 at 09:59
Sorry, I couldn't help you :-( – Ridcully Sep 24 '15 at 10:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '15 at 11:49

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To get current device orientation try this:

getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();

answered Sep 23 '15 at 11:49

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This gives me my activity windows orientation. I have set it to portrait always – hybrid Sep 23 '15 at 15:04

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 23 '15 at 11:19

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Simply check, the height and width of the image. If the height is less than your width, it means the user was holding the phone horizontally, so you have to rotate it.

answered Sep 23 '15 at 11:19

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both times the width and height will be same , as the camera is working in portrait mode only. I checked now. – hybrid Sep 23 '15 at 15:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '15 at 09:16

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I am currently using android orientation sensor to solve this problem and its working perfectly. Till someone gives a better working method , am accepting this as answer for other who have the same question.

answered Oct 15 '15 at 09:16

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Get android device orientation even when autoRotation is turned off

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