I am only using a small part of the screen, like an ActionBar strip at the top.
I don't know what to put in the remaining space, so I tried using the translucent theme to fill it in. But from the responses, I assume there is no way to dynamically remove this translucent flag, to allow landscape mode. On Aug 15, 1:32 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Why are you making your activity translucent? If this is to allow the > launcher to be seen through behind it, you shouldn't let the screen rotate > if the launcher doesn't want it to -- the launcher has locked the rotation > because it doesn't want to be rotated. > > If you actually are drawing everything in your activity so the launcher > can't be seen, then why are you using the translucent theme? > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:47 PM, I.E. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Suppose I have an Activity that uses the transparent theme: > > android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" in the > > AndroidManifest.xml. > > > When my Activity is launched from the Home Screen, most commercial > > phones will lock it to Portrait mode only. This is probably because > > the Home Screen only runs in Portrait mode, and applying the > > Translucent theme to my Activity makes it also lock to Portrait mode. > > > But I would like to run my Activity in Landscape mode as well. Is this > > possible? > > > For example, is there a way to dynamically remove the Translucent flag > > when a landscape orientation change is detected? > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > 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. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
