How to get Android Device's orientation programatically, api 23+

Question

As in the picture, I want to get the pitch, that is, I want to check whether the device is parallel to the ground.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10291322/what-is-the-alternative-to-android-orientation-sensor/10291428#10291428 this will help you — Anjali, Oct 04 '16 at 05:44
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11175599/how-to-measure-the-tilt-of-the-phone-in-xy-plane-using-accelerometer-in-android/15149421#15149421 — Hoan Nguyen, Oct 05 '16 at 01:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '17 at 20:54

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I register the Orientation like this:

 sensorManager = (SensorManager) getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);
 sensor = sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION);

and compared the values (in onSensorChanged) to the ones that the sensor would give if the phone was placed parallel to the ground.

answered Aug 03 '17 at 20:54

izSaad

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WARNING Orientation Sensor was deprecated 7 years ago ;-) – Someone Somewhere Sep 06 '17 at 10:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 04 '16 at 05:52

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use the following code snippet it works fine...

private boolean isLandscape()
{
return Activity.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;

}

answered Oct 04 '16 at 05:52

Nitesh Pareek

I don't want to check if its landscape or now (if that's what this snippet is doing), I want to e.g, ring an alert if my device is put on a table since that would be 'parallel to the ground'. – izSaad Oct 04 '16 at 06:13

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 04 '16 at 05:44

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Try this to get device orientation

getResources().getConfiguration().orientation

answered Oct 04 '16 at 05:44

raasesh

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