The only resource configuration is portrait vs. landscape. There is nothing exposed to apps about being rotated one way or the other; my first instinct is that this is not something that would make sense at to expose in the SDK because I don't see how it can be generally meaningful.
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:01 PM, devi prasad <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, I read on the Android blog the most recent post saying: > ------- > Technique to Avoid, #5: Incautious Rotations > ... > Devices running Android 1.5 and later can automatically rotate the > screen, depending on how the user orients the device. Some 1.5 devices > will do this by default, and on all others it can be turned on by the > user.... > --------- > does the orientation simply refer to portrait and landscape modes? Or > are they the things that I've been seeking clarifications? > > thanks > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 5:11 PM, devi prasad <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi > > [I moved this question from the android-developer list, hoping for a > response] > > > > We are porting Android to a new device (which is, of course, not a > phone). > > We want to provide different user experience depending on the > > rotations of the device, > > and such factors. Someone told me that Cupcake can differentiate > > between different kinds of flips > > and rotations of the device. Is it so? > > > > Does Cupcake distinguish the clockwise and anti-clockwise rotations? > > Is it able to set UI layouts according to the direction of rotation? > > > > Is this a dumb question, after all? :) > > > > Also, what happens when the device is flipped upside down? Does > > cupcake deal with it at all? > > > > thanks > > > > > > -- 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
