Getting the actual orientation of the phone

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I need to determine the actual orientation of the phone which is running my app and I can't find any way to do it. I have found the "getRequestedOrientation" function but it only retrieves the orientation set by the "setRequestedOrientation" function.

In my app, I let the phone choose the orientation according to it's physical orientation. And I have some customizing to do depending on the result.

How can I do?

Thanks in advance for the time you will spend trying to help me.

Similar question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2795833/check-orientation-on-android-phone — Peter O., Oct 03 '11 at 16:55

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

According to these two questions:

you can use:

Activity.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation

According to the comment on the second question, however, this value returns only landscape or portrait. If you need reverse orientation as well, I would suggest querying the accelerometer values to detect the difference. However, I'm not familiar with Android and accelerometers enough to suggest how to do so exactly.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 03 '11 at 16:56

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Its really to get the current orientation.

Display display = ((WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
int width = display.getWidth();
int height = display.getHeight();
int orientation = display.getOrientation();

answered Oct 03 '11 at 16:56

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Simpler yet... getResources().getConfiguration().orientation – Kumar Bibek Oct 03 '11 at 16:58
This answer put me on the way but the "getSystemService" returned a null handle. I have used "getWindowManager" instead and it works. – Zelig Oct 09 '11 at 06:38

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '11 at 16:56

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Use getRotation()

answered Oct 03 '11 at 16:56

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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See this, this, and this stackoverflow question. They all address how to get the Android phone orientation and the second one includes a detailed explanation of how the Android compass and orientation system works.

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answered Oct 03 '11 at 16:58

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Getting the actual orientation of the phone

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