Problem detecting orientation of phone

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In my onCreate method, I'd like to detect the orientation and set an appropriate background image.

I can get the orientation like so:

    Display dis = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
    int orientation = dis.getOrientation();

I've tested this on both the Galaxy S and the Moment.

When I am in portrait mode, this returns a value of 0. When I am in landscape mode, this returns a value of 1.

However, the define Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE has a value of 2 and the define Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT has a value of 1.

So, when I turn the phone to landscape mode, it gives me Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT. And when I turn the phone to portrait mode, it gives me Configuration.ORIENTATION_UNDEFINED.

What is going on???

I'm using API level 7

possible duplicate of [Check orientation on Android phone](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2795833/check-orientation-on-android-phone) — Cheryl Simon, Dec 03 '10 at 22:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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Look at the answers in Check orientation on Android phone

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Dec 03 '10 at 22:30

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for a short fix im using this (using the height and width to determine orientation) – Andrew Dec 03 '10 at 23:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '10 at 22:43

One thing you could do is just put the landscape drawable into a /drawable-land/ folder, and Android will pull it automatically depending on the orientation. Rather than relying on that, though, you would be better off to make a landscape version of the layout under /layout-land/ that has the alternate version as its background.

Problem detecting orientation of phone

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