How to check device natural (default) orientation on Android (i.e. get landscape for e.g., Motorola Charm or Flipout)

Question

I have an activity showing preview from camera, so it need to be set as landscape only. At the bottom (regardless of device rotation) I want to show a text view. I am using OrientationEventListener which gives device's orientation from its natural position. I can implement a solution which works well on portrait default devices but to make it work also on landscape default devices I need to be aware of running on such a device. Thus the question is how to check it?

Answer 1

This method can help:--

public int getDeviceDefaultOrientation() {      WindowManager windowManager =  (WindowManager) getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);      Configuration config = getResources().getConfiguration();      int rotation = windowManager.getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();      if ( ((rotation == Surface.ROTATION_0 || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_180) &&             config.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)         || ((rotation == Surface.ROTATION_90 || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_270) &&                 config.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)) {       return Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;     } else {        return Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;     } } 

Answer 2

Well, you can find out what current orientation is the way @Urboss said. You cannot get the layout (landscape/portrait) that way ofcourse, so you'll have to get the screen width/heigth to check if the current (be it changed or not, but you've checked that ;) ) position is landscape or portrait:

    DisplayMetrics dm = new DisplayMetrics();     getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(dm);     wPix = dm.widthPixels;     hPix = dm.heightPixels; 

(so if the rotation is 0 and you get landscape with above metrix, your device is default landscape. If the rotation is 90 degrees and you're portrait, the default is also landscape, and so on)