Well Niko that may be true but it doesn't change the fact that it works fine on an HTC Hero and some G1 & Magic phones.
It should either work or not, having your application work fine on some devices and break on other devices is rediculous and its getting annoying now. iPhone here I come :( On Nov 1, 3:18 am, niko20 <[email protected]> wrote: > Wait- > > YOu are remapping the coords after rotation? Well then that's where > the problem has to be, since clearly Mark has shown that the > getOrientation() works correctly.... > > -niko > > On Oct 31, 1:25 pm, mscwd01 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well then this is extremely confusing! > > > Firstly, thanks Mark for taking the time to test it. > > > The only other thing which could be wrong is how the coordinate system > > is represented in each device. I draw to the screen once I have > > remapped the coordinate system i.e.: > > > if(screenOrientation == 1) { // Portrait > > SensorManager.remapCoordinateSystem(R, SensorManager.AXIS_MINUS_Z, > > SensorManager.AXIS_X, outR);} > > > else { // All other send to Landscape > > SensorManager.remapCoordinateSystem(R, SensorManager.AXIS_X, > > SensorManager.AXIS_Z, outR); > > > } > > > However, this shouldn't be an issue should it? > > > On Oct 31, 6:19 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > mscwd01 wrote: > > > > Okay this is getting really rather annoying now. > > > > > I have used both of the following methods of getting the screen > > > > orientation and both do not work properly on different devices. > > > > > Method 1: > > > > Display display = ((WindowManager) getSystemService > > > > (WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay(); > > > > int screenOrientation = display.getOrientation(); > > > > > Method 2: > > > > int screenOrientation = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation; > > > > > Both methods work fine on the HTC Hero; however, they both fail on the > > > > G1 and G2 devices (according to the users of my app). > > > > > How can we be expected to make high quality applications if the API is > > > > not supported on all devices??? > > > > > I would be very greatful if someone could offer a solution to this, > > > > its just not acceptable. > > > > I just tested this on a G1, and > > > getResources().getConfiguration().orientation is 2 in landscape and 1 in > > > portrait, just like it should be. > > > > I also tested it on an HTC Magic, and it works just fine. > > > > Heck, it even works on an ARCHOS 5 Android tablet. > > > > -- > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > Android Development Wiki:http://wiki.andmob.org -- 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
