I suggest you run Google Map, and turn the device, and observe what it does. If it doesn't change, then you should go to your phone's Settings / Sound and Display / Orientation, and check the checkbox again (the default) and try again
You will find that your ideas about map applications and user expectations are far off base. I can tell you that if Google Map behaved like you say, I would be rather pissed. I don't hold the device in some position, and then turn my head around. If landscape mode serves better, I turn the phone -- and expect the map to stay oriented. My recommendation is to do NOTHING. If the user wants to set a default for his device, he can do so. If you think your app is somehow different, you can do what I do -- offer a preference option in your application. But make the default be ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED. I only include the option because it solves a few problems with interaction with other buggy apps. On Mar 21, 9:27 am, neha <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 21, 8:35 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 8:11 AM, neha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I want to write a application which should open in default orientation > > > of the device and should not change the orientation with device > > > rotation or slide-out keyboard opening/closing (if present). > > > Now I'm curious - why, exactly, do you want to lock to one orientation when > > you apparently don't care which it is? > > Lets take an example of map application like Google maps. Generally a > good map applications does not orientate with device, to allow the > user to view map from any angle they desire. > As this application does not want orientation to change, so we need to > lock the orientation of the application. On any given device, this > application should always display the same orientation irrespective of > orientation of device at start-up. Reason for restricting the > orientation to default orientation of device is that, it is the most > likely position in which the user will hold the device and start the > application. So on DROID this application would always be portrait but > it would not be a good idea to display this application as portrait on > tablets where device default orientation is landscape. > > On Mar 21, 8:35 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 8:11 AM, neha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I want to write a application which should open in default orientation > > > of the device and should not change the orientation with device > > > rotation or slide-out keyboard opening/closing (if present). > > > Now I'm curious - why, exactly, do you want to lock to one orientation when > > you apparently don't care which it is? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------- > > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered > > deviceshttp://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
