As Dianne stated, it works very much like the G1. The short answer is that there are still only two modes: portrait and landscape. The DPAD, or 5-way navigation, on the keyboard is only available when you open the keyboard. By default this automatically rotates the display to landscape. You can override this and keep your application in portrait mode by specifying android:screenOrientation="portrait" in your manifest. There is an article on coding for 5-way on our MOTODev Android Technical Library (http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/ library/Navigating_Around_Your_Application/) that may answer your question in more detail.
On Sep 11, 10:02 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > I am pretty sure it is basically like the G1, except you can only access the > DPAD when the screen is open instead of it being on the front. So opening > the screen would rotate it unless an application has explicitly forced an > orientation, and the platform should rotate the DPAD key events for you > based on the current orientation like it does for the trackball on other > devices. > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:57 AM, Carl Whalley > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Anything around? > > In particular, exactly what do those buttons do and are we to assume > > to use the DPAD in portrait mode the phone is turned 180 from what > > you'd expect "normal" portrait mode to be (see the pic, you'll see > > what I mean:http://ota.cc/az). I'm just guessing here but as a > > developer would like to know how to handle this. > > Do we need to code for a new orientation: keyboard closed portrait, > > keyboard open portrait and landscape? > > > -- > > Android Academy:http://www.androidacademy.com > > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
