Still looking for answers -- so far 'no' to 1, 2 and 3. Really appreciate any ideas.
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Stefan Alder <twigbra...@gmail.com> wrote: > We need to set the orientation of our app to reverse landscape. > Unfortunately, this is only supported in api 9+, so as suggested by a > Google engineer below, we need to set the orientation programmatically > based on android.os.Build. > > 1) We've tried doing this in onCreate, but it prevents the activity > transitions from showing. Is there a way to set the orientation > programmatically so that the transitions are still shown? > > 2) Is there someway of having a conditional in the manifest, such that > screenOrientation defaults to 'reverseLandscape' if supported, > otherwise 'landscape'? > > 3). It seems reverse landscape can be reached if screenOrientation is > set to 'unsepcified' (even less than api level 9), but then portrait > orientations are allowed as well. Is there someway to prevent the > portrait orientations (in < api level 9 too)? > > Thanks > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Stefan Alder <twigbra...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [android-developers] Landscape Right (reverseLandscape) > prior to API level 9 > To: android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > Dianne, > You mentioned checking the android.os.BUILD and setting the > orientation to reverse landscape only if it meet or exceeds api level > 9. I assume I would do this in onCreate. If I do do this, there are > no animations to a new Activity (the slide in), only animations when > ending the new activity. How can I correct this? > > FYI, I'm testing on a Nexus One with 2.3.6 > Thanks > S > > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Stefan Alder <twigbra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I found this thread, which seems related, but the result is a blank >> screen. Does anyone know if this should still work? and will it apply >> to all children views? >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/b4edcc487c1f28d7 >> >> private static class FlipLayout extends FrameLayout { >> private Matrix mForward = new Matrix(); >> private Matrix mReverse = new Matrix(); >> private float[] mTemp = new float[2]; >> >> >> public FlipLayout(Context context) { >> super(context); >> mForward.postRotate(180); >> mForward.invert(mReverse); >> } >> >> @Override >> protected void dispatchDraw(Canvas canvas) { >> canvas.save(); >> canvas.setMatrix(mForward); >> super.dispatchDraw(canvas); >> canvas.restore(); >> } >> >> //@Override >> public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) { >> final float[] temp = mTemp; >> temp[0] = event.getX(); >> temp[1] = event.getY(); >> >> mReverse.mapPoints(temp); >> >> event.setLocation(temp[0], temp[1]); >> return super.dispatchTouchEvent(event); >> } >> } >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Stefan Alder <twigbra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Still looking for a solution to this. Do I need to set the >>> screenOrientation to 'landscape' in the manifest and then rotate all >>> layouts by 180 degrees? What's the best way to do this? >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Stefan Alder <twigbra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Dianne, >>>> Thanks for the response. My question is how can I achieve the same >>>> effect when running prior to API level 9. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> You'll need to check the API level at android.os.Build, and only set your >>>>> activity to this value when running on API 9 or later. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Stefan Alder <twigbra...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I trying to ensure that my app and all of its activities are locked to >>>>>> landscape right (reverse landscape) (where the device button and mic >>>>>> located to the left of the screen). I see you can set the >>>>>> screnOrientation in the manifest to 'reverseLandscape', but this only >>>>>> works for API level 9. >>>>>> >>>>>> What is the best way to achieve this down to API level 6 or 7 such >>>>>> that it will work on all Android devices (portrait and landscape >>>>>> default)? >>>>>> >>>>>> If you can point me to any example where this is done, I'd really >>>>>> appreciate it. >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Android Developers" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Dianne Hackborn >>>>> Android framework engineer >>>>> hack...@android.com >>>>> >>>>> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to >>>>> provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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