Hi Mark, I added this to the activity tag in the manifest: android:screenOrientation="sensor"
Would that make any difference? If I get "it still doesn't work" emails, i'll try your code. Thanks On Oct 31, 11:54 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > mscwd01 wrote: > > Hi, > > > I have had several complaints from people with G1 and MyTouch/G2 > > devices who say my application does not work correctly. The problem > > stems from the following code which gets the orientation of the phone: > > > // Get Screen Orientation > > Display display = ((WindowManager) getSystemService > > (WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay(); > > int screenOrientation = display.getOrientation(); > > > I manually rotate the interface if the phone is in portrait > > (screenOrientation = 0) or landscape (screenOrientation = 1). > > > On my HTC Hero the code works fine and the correct orientation is > > determined, however on G1 and MyTouch devices it apparently never > > returns the correct orientation. As I do not have either of those > > phones to test this problem I am guessing they may return the opposite > > values to the HTC Hero? > > > Can anyone possibly explain this problem or let me know how to > > determine the screen orientation on ALL devices? > > You can try getConfiguration().orientation, which will be one of a > series of constants on the Configuration class. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Beginning Android_ from Apress Now Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
