And that's why he want's to set the orientation programmatically - the users expect that when the phone is turned "sideways" then the picture is also turned sideways:) The user is not confused - he just thinks that Android has a feature that it does not have (sadly).
As for the solution - Xolotl Lokis solution will works just fine - you only have to figure out which sensor reading corresponds to the phone being held sideways and then change the layout using setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_*); Tauno On Oct 20, 10:39 pm, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your user is confused. The standard orientation policy is to select > the orientation based on the keyboard: when the keyboard is closed it > is portrait, when open it is landscape. Pressing Ctrl+F12 in the > emulator is exactly the same as sliding the keyboard out on the G1. > > On Oct 20, 11:57 am, Mark Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From what I was told by a user of my application, that it did not > > change view, even when the keyboard was opened for text entry. > > > I've built two set's of layout files, and stored them in "layout" and > > "layout-land" for when the view changes. In emulator mode they work > > fine, CTRL-F12 works fine.. but, and I may be misinformed here, it > > appears the actual phone itself is not rotating the screen based on > > the keyboard of position of the actual phone. > > > He even stated many of the default Google application aren't rotating > > as well, and that very few actually change based on the way the device > > is being held. > > > On Oct 20, 12:21 pm, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't know what you mean by "turn the view." When the orientation > > > changes to switch from the dominant to secondary orientation (portrait > > > to landscape on the g1), the graphics of the entire screen are rotated > > > to result in the screen being shown in the new orientation. As such, > > > there is no need to do anything yourself, at it looks like to the > > > application is that the size of the screen has changed to match the > > > new orientation. > > > > For different resources, normally you also don't need to do anything, > > > because when the orientation changes the current activity is destroyed > > > and a new one started, and the new one is running with a configuration > > > matching the new orientation so will load the appropriate resources as > > > it creates and initializes itself. > > > > The only except is if you are using android:configChanges to avoid > > > being restarted due to a configuration change... which is one of the > > > reasons why it is strongly encouraged not to do this, and certainly if > > > you are changing layouts due to the orientation I would really suggest > > > letting the normal destroy/recreate path execute. If you really > > > really do want to mix the two, you will need to override > > > onConfigurationChanged() and re-inflate your view hierarchy and re- > > > initialize anything else depending on that or changing resources at > > > that point. > > > > On Oct 20, 5:19 am, Mark Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've actually created layouts for both vertical and horizontal views, > > > > I've had some people testing it and it turns out Android doesn't turn > > > > the view, I guess it has to be detected? > > > > > I was curious how to go about doing that detection.. I know I can also > > > > set the view with: > > > > > setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_*); > > > > > The problem I'm having is what event to trap or how to go about > > > > determining which way the phone is being held. > > > > > On Oct 20, 12:13 am, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Use the android:screenOrientation attribute when declaring your > > > > > manifest: > > > > > >http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/R.styleable.html#And... > > > > > >http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/R.styleable.html#And... > > > > > > On Oct 19, 3:23 pm, Mark Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I was thinking Android switched orientation automatically based on > > > > > > the > > > > > > phones position but I'm finding from users this is not the case. > > > > > > > Anyone have some sample code on how to switch screen orientation > > > > > > based > > > > > > on the position of the phone? > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > Mark > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
