Android Screen Orientation Example

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2022

Android Screen Orientation Example

The screenOrientation is the attribute of activity element. The orientation of android activity can be portrait, landscape, sensor, unspecified etc. You need to define it in the AndroidManifest.xml file.

Syntax:

Example:

The common values for screenOrientation attribute are as follows:

Value	Description
unspecified	It is the default value. In such case, system chooses the orientation.
portrait	taller not wider
landscape	wider not taller
sensor	orientation is determined by the device orientation sensor.

Android Portrait and Landscape mode screen orientation example

In this example, we will create two activities of different screen orientation. The first activity (MainActivity) will be as “portrait” orientation and second activity (SecondActivity) as “landscape” orientation type.

activity_main.xml

File: activity_main.xml

        <button android:id="@+id/button1" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginbottom="8dp" android:layout_margintop="112dp" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:onclick="onClick" android:text="Launch next activity" app:layout_constraintbottom_tobottomof="parent" app:layout_constraintend_toendof="parent" app:layout_constrainthorizontal_bias="0.612" app:layout_constraintstart_tostartof="parent" app:layout_constrainttop_tobottomof="@+id/editText1" app:layout_constraintvertical_bias="0.613"></button>        

Activity class

File: MainActivity.java

 package example.tutoraspire.com.screenorientation;  import android.content.Intent; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Button;  public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {      Button button1;     @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);          button1=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);     }     public void onClick(View v) {         Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,SecondActivity.class);         startActivity(intent);     } } 

activity_second.xml

File: activity_second.xml

SecondActivity class

File: SecondActivity.java

 package example.tutoraspire.com.screenorientation;  import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.Bundle;  public class SecondActivity extends AppCompatActivity {      @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_second);      } } 

AndroidManifest.xml

File: AndroidManifest.xml

In AndroidManifest.xml file add the screenOrientation attribute in activity and provides its orientation. In this example, we provide “portrait” orientation for MainActivity and “landscape” for SecondActivity.

Output:

android screen orientation example output 1

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activity_main.xml

Activity class

activity_second.xml

SecondActivity class

AndroidManifest.xml

Output:

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