Prevent screen rotation on Android

Question

I have one of my activities which I would like to prevent from rotating because I'm starting an AsyncTask, and screen rotation makes it restart.

Is there a way to tell this activity "DO NOT ROTATE the screen even if the user is shaking his phone like mad"?

Answer 1

Add

android:screenOrientation="portrait" 

or

 android:screenOrientation="landscape" 

to the <activity> element/s in the manifest and you're done.

Answer 2

You can follow the logic below to prevent auto rotate screen while your AsyncTask is running:

1. Store your current screen orientation inside your activity using getRequestedOrientation().
2. Disable auto screen orientation using setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_NOSENSOR).
3. Run/execute your AsyncTask.
4. At the end of your AsyncTask restore your previous orientation status using setRequestedOrientation(oldOrientation).

Please note that there are several ways to access Activity (which runs on UI thread) properties inside an AsyncTask. You can implement your AsyncTask as an inner class or you can use message Handler that poke your Activiy class.

Answer 3

In your Manifest file, for each Activity that you want to lock the screen rotation add: if you want to lock it in horizontal mode:

<activity
        ...
        ...
        android:screenOrientation="landscape">

or if you want to lock it in vertical mode:

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

Answer 4

The easiest way I found to do this was to put

this.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);

within onCreate, just after

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

so...

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  this.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
}

Answer 5

Rather than going into the AndroidManifest, you could just do this:

screenOrientation = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
getActivity().setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LOCKED);
... AsyncTask

screenOrientation = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;


@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String things) {
    context.setRequestedOrientation(PlayListFragment.screenOrientation);
    or 
    context.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_FULL_SENSOR);
}

The only drawback here is that it requires API level 18 or higher. So basically this is the tip of the spear.

Answer 6

Activity.java

@Override     
 public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {       
        try {     
            super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);      
            if (this.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {      
                // land      
            } else if (this.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) {      
               // port       
            }    
        } catch (Exception ex) {       
     }   

AndroidManifest.xml

 <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
  <activity android:name="QRCodeActivity" android:label="@string/app_name"
  android:screenOrientation="landscape" >
   <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
   </intent-filter>
  </activity>

 </application>

Answer 7

The following attribute on the ACTIVITY in AndroidManifest.xml is all you need:

android:configChanges="orientation"

So, the full activity node would be:

<activity android:name="Activity1"
          android:icon="@drawable/icon"
          android:label="App Name"
          android:excludeFromRecents="true"
          android:configChanges="orientation">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

Answer 8

Add the following to your AndroidManifest.xml

[ app > src > main > AndroidManifest.xml ]

<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
          android:configChanges="orientation"
          android:screenOrientation="portrait"/>

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="xxx.zzzzzz.yyyyy">

   <uses-permission android:name="A-PERMISSION" />

   <application>
      <activity android:name=".MainActivity"
                android:screenOrientation="portrait"
                android:configChanges="orientation">
      </activity>
   </application>

</manifest>

Answer 9

User "portrait" in your AndroidManifest.xml file might seem like a good solution. But it forces certain devices (that work best in landscape) to go into portrait, not getting the proper orientation. On the latest Android version, you will get wearing an error. So my suggestion it's better to use "nosensor".

<activity
        ...
        ...
        android:screenOrientation="nosensor">

Answer 10

Add:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_NOSENSOR);
        ...
        ...
        ...
}

Answer 11

If you are using Android Developer Tools (ADT) and Eclipse you can go to your AndroidManifest.xml --> Application tab --> go down and select your activity. Finally, select your preferred orientation. You can select one of the many options.

Answer 12

You have to add the following code in the manifest.xml file. The activity for which it should not rotate, in that activity add this element

android:screenOrientation="portrait"

Then it will not rotate.

Answer 13

You can try This way

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.itclanbd.spaceusers">

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
    <activity android:name=".Login_Activity"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

Answer 14

Use AsyncTaskLoader to keep your data safe even if the activity changes, instead of using AsyncTask that is a better way to build apps than preventing screen rotation.

Answer 15

Prevent Screen Rotation just add this following line in your Manifests.

<activity
        android:name=".YourActivity"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait" />

This works for me.