If you've used an Android device, you're aware that there are some apps that force the display to portrait and ignore the device's orientation sensor. On a real device, this is not a problem, as you can physically rotate the device in your hands to use the app.
However, I am trying to use such an app on android-x86 in Oracle's VirtualBox on a Linux Mint PC, and cannot physically rotate my monitor. I have tried the f9-f12 keys that send a rotation event to the app, but since the orientation is fixed, this has no effect.
Short of keeping my neck cricked at a 90° angle, how might I configure android-x86, VirtualBox, and/or Linux to display the app right side up? To be clear, I don't have access to the source code of the app.
If you want to manually handle orientation changes in your app you must declare the "orientation" , "screenSize" , and "screenLayout" values in the android:configChanges attributes. You can declare multiple configuration values in the attribute by separating them with a pipe | character.
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo. SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE); Called on an activity, will lock it to landscape.
On the main screen of Rotation Manager, select an orientation by tapping on either the vertical or horizontal icons next to a specific app to lock it into either landscape or portrait mode. Highlighting both icons will allow that particular app to auto-rotate.
For sure now is too late to reply, anyway I discovered that I can rotate back my vd resetting resolution of screen on the fly. If my device is 1200x800 (landscape) and it is rotated left by an app I can get it vertical by shell comamnd: (adb shell) wm size 800x1200
I found that Rotation Locker (com.devasque.rotationlocker) solved the problem for me. Via this mailing list post.
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