[android-beginners] Re: screen orientatios

2010-07-05 Thread Indicator Veritatis
Concerning screen orientation: no, the programmer does not set this. Why would he? The phone sets it, based on what it thinks the orientation is, based on accelerometer and/or keyboard slide. My G1, for example, will usually switch orientation correctly based on how I am holding the phone. But

[android-beginners] Re: screen orientatios

2010-07-05 Thread Ira
For the first question, here are a few articles that can be useful: Faster Screen Orientation Change http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/faster-screen-orientation-change.html Handling Runtime Changes http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/runtime-changes.html Handle