QML screen orientation lock

Question

I need to lock the screen to a specific orientation for an android app that I'm making. is there a way to do that in QML? Google didn't get me any answers.
I am using Qt 5.2.

Answer 1

You can basically use the Screen.orientation property for reading only. See the following example for details:

http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qtquick-window-screeninfo-qml.html

The proper way as of today is to use the Android manifest file for this as done by the Qt Android developer at Digia for his QtHangMan game which is:

<activity android:screenOrientation="portrait" ...