Indeed they are not. The documentation should explain which constants are
appropriate. The configuration contains an actual orientation, the activity
has a particular orientation *mode* to apply to the activity.
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Derek <cram.de...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It seems that constants returned and expected are not the same between
> ActivityInfo and Configuration.
> Translating Configuration constants to ActivityInfo seems to solve the
> problem:
>
> int orientation = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
> if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)
> initialOrientation = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
> else if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)
> initialOrientation = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
>
> Mark, do you think it's OK ?
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> On Aug 28, 7:06 pm, Derek <cram.de...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Another question:
> > android:screenOrientation="portrait" locks the screen orientation,
> > that's fine.
> > But it is possible to do the same in Activity source code ? (i.e.
> > removing the screenOrientation in AndroidManifest.xml).
> >
> > I've tried the following code to keep the initial orientation but it
> > fails.
> >
> > private int initialOrientation =
> > Configuration.ORIENTATION_UNDEFINED;
> >
> > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
> > initialOrientation = getResources().getConfiguration
> > ().orientation;
> > ...
> > }
> >
> > public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig)
> > {
> > super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
> > setRequestedOrientation(initialOrientation);
> > }
> >
> > I've also tried with:
> > initialOrientation = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
> > initialOrientation = getRequestedOrientation();
> > initialOrientation = getWindow().getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay
> > ().getOrientation();
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > On Aug 27, 9:54 pm, "Mark Murphy" <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > I want my Activity to be always in portrait mode and I do NOT want
> the
> > > > onDestroy() method to be called.
> > > > There are some interesting articles about that at:
> > > >http://www.androidguys.com/2008/11/24/rotational-forces-part-four/
> >
> > > > The solution seems to be:
> > > > In AndroidManifest.xml:
> > > > <activity android:name=".MyActivity"
> > > > android:screenOrientation="portrait"
> > > >
> android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation">
> >
> > > > In Activity code:
> > > > public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig)
> > > > {
> > > > super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
> > > > }
> >
> > > > I've tried it and it seems to work. Is there any other alternative or
> > > > is it the correct solution?
> >
> > > Well, I think it's the correct solution. But, then again, I'm biased in
> > > favor of the author of that fine, upstanding blog post.
> >
> > > ;-)
> >
> > > --
> > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com
> > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books.html
> >
> >
> >
>
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Dianne Hackborn
Android framework engineer
hack...@android.com
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