[android-developers] Re: Rotate an OptionMenu and a whole layout

2010-04-24 Thread Chandler
Hi Paolo, try adding this to the manifest android:screenOrientation=portrait. This is a setting for your whole app. activity android:name=.SomeActivity android:label=@string/app_name android:screenOrientation=portrait Regards, Chandler On 23 apr., 22:05, Paolo

[android-developers] Re: Rotate an OptionMenu and a whole layout

2010-04-24 Thread Paolo
Maybe I have explained it badly, sorry but my english is not good, In the manifest I have already set the screenOrientation in the landscape mode, for the reasons I explained before about the camera preview. Now my problemi is: how can i visualize my overlayed views in portrait (based on the

Re: [android-developers] Re: Rotate an OptionMenu and a whole layout

2010-04-24 Thread Mark Murphy
Paolo wrote: Now my problemi is: how can i visualize my overlayed views in portrait (based on the user's point of view) over the camera preview, which is in the landscape mode? AFAIK, Android will not help you with this. A few widgets are more or less orientation independent (e.g.,

[android-developers] Re: Rotate an OptionMenu and a whole layout

2010-04-24 Thread Paolo
Maybe I have to use the Animation to do that? Oh, heck no. Why you say no? -- 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

Re: [android-developers] Re: Rotate an OptionMenu and a whole layout

2010-04-24 Thread Mark Murphy
Paolo wrote: Maybe I have to use the Animation to do that? Oh, heck no. Why you say no? Simple: that's not what animations are for. Animations are for transient effects, where you actually see the movement. If you want true permanent change to the widget, you need to do something to affect

[android-developers] Re: Rotate an OptionMenu and a whole layout

2010-04-23 Thread Paolo
Try to explain better... My activity use the Camera, so i must to fix the activity in landscape, otherwise the preview doesn't work correctly... So, i have the activity fixed in landscape mode, but I want to visualize my layout (views, menu etc...) in all direction. Do you have in mind Layar?

Re: [android-developers] Re: Rotate an OptionMenu and a whole layout

2010-04-23 Thread ~ TreKing
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Paolo brand...@gmail.com wrote: My activity use the Camera, so i must to fix the activity in landscape, otherwise the preview doesn't work correctly... I haven't used the camera, so I have no idea how it works, but are you sure you HAVE to fix it to

[android-developers] Re: Rotate an OptionMenu and a whole layout

2010-04-23 Thread Paolo
I haven't used the camera, so I have no idea how it works, but are you sure you HAVE to fix it to landscape? Yes, I'm quite sure... I just tried their app and as far as I can tell it's just letting Android do it's orientation thing while keeping the camera preview open. I think your main

[android-developers] Re: Rotate an OptionMenu and a whole layout

2010-04-23 Thread Chandler
Paolo, I think I understand what your problem is. I had similar problems and I solved it with this code. It's probably bad programming, so please use it only as a temporary solution, just to see if this where your problem originates. Note the switching of width and height. public void

[android-developers] Re: Rotate an OptionMenu and a whole layout

2010-04-23 Thread Paolo
Hi Chandlar!I have the same code  but i've used it to solve another problem, not the things i was talking about before.I used it to avoid some crashes of the camera when the app restarts after a standby, because sometimes the camera preview gets width and height inverted. I'm curious... Using the

[android-developers] Re: Rotate an OptionMenu and a whole layout

2010-04-23 Thread Paolo
Hi Chandlar!I have the same code  but i've used it to solve another problem, not the things i was talking about before.I used it to avoid some crashes of the camera when the app restarts after a standby, because sometimes the camera preview gets width and height inverted. I'm curious... Using the