Re: [android-developers] Re: In-App Billing forces screen orientation change
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:59 PM, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: The problem is that my application is still visible behind Google Checkout popup and since it has never supported landscape orientation (and never will be), the display is corrupted and may affect user experience. OK, this is all I was trying to get at - the display is corrupted - that's your problem. OK. Usually a problem on this group is a crash or not knowing how to achieve specific functionality and I was not understanding how this orientation change was adversely effecting your app's functionality. If I understand you correctly now, there is no adverse effect (your app doesn't crash for example), but you don't want it to happen because it looks bad to you. Correct? Well if that's the case, I don't know. If no one else has an answer for you, I'd check b.android.com and see if it's filed as a bug and if not, maybe file one. Of course, I suspect this is intended behavior - the app on top is what determines the current orientation and the phone can only have one configuration at a time, so the top-most one takes over - I think. P.S. - Even if your app is never intended to be used in landscape, you still have to handle properly restoring your app's state, since your app will go through the same cycle via other means (like pressing Home and coming back to it a while later). So you may just have to bite the bullet here and handle the orientation change. - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: In-App Billing forces screen orientation change
I would just draw a solid background of a color your choice. I assume that the Checkout window takes most of the screen. On Aug 27, 9:59 am, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: The problem is that my application is still visible behind Google Checkout popup and since it has never supported landscape orientation (and never will be), the display is corrupted and may affect user experience. This may not sound like a PROBLEM for you, but it is not the matter of the discussion. I believe that a problem with disabling screen rotation is good enough to ask a question here. On Aug 26, 3:35 pm, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:22 AM, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: Although it is clearly requested, when Google Checkout window appears my manifest request is simply ignored and my game turns to landscape. What PROBLEM is this causing for you? ----- TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: In-App Billing forces screen orientation change
That's the solution we used in another title. I don't like it at all, but nothing else can be done, as one can see. Thank you. On Aug 27, 8:46 am, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: I would just draw a solid background of a color your choice. I assume that the Checkout window takes most of the screen. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: In-App Billing forces screen orientation change
Thank you for your interest, TreKing. The strange thing is the display is of course rotated, but alsoscaled down in height and untouched in width, so it looks like GL scaling has been applied. Nevertheless it might look like a bug or at least an unhandled behaviour, so I need to get rid of it somehow. The bug substance and the reason I ask a question here is that my application is changing its orientation although I think I've done everything what's needed to protect me against it. To me IAB implementation is buggy and ignores this setup, not allowing as well to handle rotations programmatically. Will try with reporting the issue, but just cannot wait till anyone address it. Zsolt's solution is not elegant at all, but the only quick one I can imagine. Thanks! On Aug 27, 8:20 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:59 PM, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: OK, this is all I was trying to get at - the display is corrupted - that's your problem. OK. Usually a problem on this group is a crash or not knowing how to achieve specific functionality and I was not understanding how this orientation change was adversely effecting your app's functionality. If I understand you correctly now, there is no adverse effect (your app doesn't crash for example), but you don't want it to happen because it looks bad to you. Correct? Well if that's the case, I don't know. If no one else has an answer for you, I'd check b.android.com and see if it's filed as a bug and if not, maybe file one. Of course, I suspect this is intended behavior - the app on top is what determines the current orientation and the phone can only have one configuration at a time, so the top-most one takes over - I think. P.S. - Even if your app is never intended to be used in landscape, you still have to handle properly restoring your app's state, since your app will go through the same cycle via other means (like pressing Home and coming back to it a while later). So you may just have to bite the bullet here and handle the orientation change. - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: In-App Billing forces screen orientation change
As much as i hate hacky solutions as the next guy, if you are running a business you must sometimes use hacks to work around bugs. You cannot wait around filing a bug report that may or may not be fixed in this decade. Will try with reporting the issue, but just cannot wait till anyone address it. Zsolt's solution is not elegant at all, but the only quick one I can imagine. Thanks! On Aug 27, 8:20 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:59 PM, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: OK, this is all I was trying to get at - the display is corrupted - that's your problem. OK. Usually a problem on this group is a crash or not knowing how to achieve specific functionality and I was not understanding how this orientation change was adversely effecting your app's functionality. If I understand you correctly now, there is no adverse effect (your app doesn't crash for example), but you don't want it to happen because it looks bad to you. Correct? Well if that's the case, I don't know. If no one else has an answer for you, I'd check b.android.com and see if it's filed as a bug and if not, maybe file one. Of course, I suspect this is intended behavior - the app on top is what determines the current orientation and the phone can only have one configuration at a time, so the top-most one takes over - I think. P.S. - Even if your app is never intended to be used in landscape, you still have to handle properly restoring your app's state, since your app will go through the same cycle via other means (like pressing Home and coming back to it a while later). So you may just have to bite the bullet here and handle the orientation change. --- -- TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: In-App Billing forces screen orientation change
The problem is that my application, temporary covered by Google Checkout, is changing its orientation. Normally it would not react on it, keeping the display in portrait. Only when billing popup appears it is happening and is definitely unwanted behaviour. On Aug 26, 1:16 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:37 PM, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: Solution to what? You didn't state a problem. --- -- TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: In-App Billing forces screen orientation change
SO why does that matter? Fix your app so it can handle the orientation change temporarily. Since the Checkout it's presumably covering your window, it should be fairly easy to just do nothing when the orientation flips on you unexpectedly. On Aug 26, 2:56 pm, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: The problem is that my application, temporary covered by Google Checkout, is changing its orientation. Normally it would not react on it, keeping the display in portrait. Only when billing popup appears it is happening and is definitely unwanted behaviour. On Aug 26, 1:16 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:37 PM, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: Solution to what? You didn't state a problem. --- -- TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: In-App Billing forces screen orientation change
Imagine that my application is a game and not all games are suitable to be displayed in both orientations. This is why I'm forcing PORTRAIT in my manifest. Although it is clearly requested, when Google Checkout window appears my manifest request is simply ignored and my game turns to landscape. I'd gladly handle the orientation change, but don't know why. The best way IMO is to ignore it, but I find no way to achieve it. On Aug 26, 9:06 am, Zsolt Vasvari zvasv...@gmail.com wrote: SO why does that matter? Fix your app so it can handle the orientation change temporarily. Since the Checkout it's presumably covering your window, it should be fairly easy to just do nothing when the orientation flips on you unexpectedly. On Aug 26, 2:56 pm, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: The problem is that my application, temporary covered by Google Checkout, is changing its orientation. Normally it would not react on it, keeping the display in portrait. Only when billing popup appears it is happening and is definitely unwanted behaviour. On Aug 26, 1:16 am, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:37 PM, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: Solution to what? You didn't state a problem. --- -- TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: In-App Billing forces screen orientation change
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:22 AM, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: Although it is clearly requested, when Google Checkout window appears my manifest request is simply ignored and my game turns to landscape. What PROBLEM is this causing for you? - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: In-App Billing forces screen orientation change
The problem is that my application is still visible behind Google Checkout popup and since it has never supported landscape orientation (and never will be), the display is corrupted and may affect user experience. This may not sound like a PROBLEM for you, but it is not the matter of the discussion. I believe that a problem with disabling screen rotation is good enough to ask a question here. On Aug 26, 3:35 pm, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:22 AM, groob krzysztof.grobe...@gmail.com wrote: Although it is clearly requested, when Google Checkout window appears my manifest request is simply ignored and my game turns to landscape. What PROBLEM is this causing for you? - TreKing http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
