How to fix layout orientation to vertical?

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How to fix layout orientation to portrait and do not allow changing from portrait to landscape during run time?

score 163 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '11 at 11:25

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In your AndroidMainfest.xml file find the tags of the activities you wish to lock to a given rotation, and add this attribute:

android:screenOrientation="portrait"

answered Apr 18 '11 at 11:25

Jim Blackler

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@AlekseyTimoshchenko Can you describe how it doesn't work? – parvus Sep 27 '16 at 07:38
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@parvus for me, when i added this attribute `android:screenOrientation="portrait"` in manifest according the answer i still can make rotation... eventually i found solution in next , i have added this line `setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);` on `onCreate();` of each activity – Sirop4ik Sep 27 '16 at 08:55
Hi Could you take a look at my issue https://stackoverflow.com/q/74940364/10110990 – Merlin Jeyakumar Dec 28 '22 at 12:41

score 24 · Answer 2 · edited May 05 '16 at 23:29

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Use setRequestedOrientation() as shown:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);

edited May 05 '16 at 23:29

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answered May 05 '11 at 03:14

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Personally I prefer this, If you want to change the Orientation this is really handy, otherwise use XML if your only ever going to place the device in that orientation. – Chris.Jenkins Nov 06 '12 at 13:16

score 16 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 26 '15 at 14:00

in your activity parameters in Manifest File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.statepermit" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0">
    <application android:icon="@drawable/stateheader" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".statepermit" android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar" android:screenOrientation="portrait">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

    </application>
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" />

</manifest>

android:screenOrientation="portrait"

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 12 '13 at 08:17

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setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);

before

setContentView(R.layout.main);

answered Oct 12 '13 at 08:17

Real Hyder

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score 3 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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If you want to freeze orientation at runtime, then you you can implement this:

Android: Temporarily disable orientation changes in an Activity

I use a similar approach and it works perfectly.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered Apr 18 '11 at 19:35

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 18 '14 at 15:28

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If you want to fix the orientation of one Activity in your project, you have to open the Manifest.xml and put in the section of parameters of the desired Activity (before the closure of the first tag < activity…> ):

android:screenOrientation="portrait" if you want VERTICAL fixed orientation

android:screenOrientation="landscape" if you want HORIZONTAL fixed orientation

answered Nov 18 '14 at 15:28

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Hi can you, help me in this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74940364/android-13-landscape-orientation-are-not-actually-landscape – Merlin Jeyakumar Dec 29 '22 at 05:22

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 05 '16 at 10:32

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In your AndroidMainfest.xml just write this in your activity you declare,

If you want in layout vertical than use

android:screenOrientation="portrait"

If you want in layout landscape than use

android:screenOrientation="landscape"

answered Feb 05 '16 at 10:32

Amit Vaghela

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