Disable auto rotation screen - Android

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How to set android show vertical orientation?

I'm trying to disable auto rotation when I run my application in Android. Maybe, I should add a line code in AndroidManifest.xml Anyone know How can I do that ?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6119606/how-to-set-android-show-vertical-orientation — DonGru, Sep 20 '11 at 12:49

score 36 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '11 at 12:43

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Add something like android:screenOrientation="portrait" or android:screenOrientation="landscape" in the AndroidManifest.xml:

<activity android:name=".MyActivity"
          android:label="@string/app_name"
          android:screenOrientation="portrait">

answered Sep 20 '11 at 12:43

nhaarman

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If it is the case you can also set it to "landscape" – JQCorreia Sep 20 '11 at 12:43
can ny one tell me how to eanble only landscape and potrait mode only (restrict reverse landscape and reverse potrait) at the same time??? Please help..its urgent – Himanshu Mohan Feb 08 '13 at 07:59
@himanshu You'd better create your own question.. – nhaarman Feb 08 '13 at 08:25

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '11 at 12:43

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add a

android:screenOrientation="<mode>"

attribute to your activity.

see modes here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#screen

answered Sep 20 '11 at 12:43

P.Melch

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 20 '11 at 12:44

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<activity android:name=".SomeActivity"
              android:label="@string/app_name"
              android:screenOrientation="portrait">

for portrait mode.

answered Sep 20 '11 at 12:44

Yashwanth Kumar

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 20 '11 at 12:44

Add the android:screenOrientation attribute to your <activity /> tag:

<activity android:screenOrientation="landscape" 
          ... >

For further information and a list of possible values visit the documentation.

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 20 '11 at 12:45

You can make your Activity stay in a single orientation mode by adding the code suggested in the other answers. A more complete way of dealing with this is here:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/runtime-changes.html

When you change orientation what you're doing is changing the app configuration. Look under the heading of "Handling the configuration change yourself" section to override the default behaviour.

Disable auto rotation screen - Android

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