Android - Emulator in landscape mode, screen does not rotate

Question

When I switch to landscape mode (NUMPAD 7 or CTRL+F11) the emulator rotates the screen to landscape orientation but the Android OS and none of the apps rotate. So everything is sitting sideways. Is there something in the AVD configuration that needs to be set in order for the device to rotate properly?

Answer 1

It is a bug with the 2.3 and 4.4 emulators.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13189 [v2.3] https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=61671 [v4.4]

Answer 2

Another answer here:

in my case the problem was simply that the auto-rotate setting in the android emulator settings (accessible pulling down the notification bar) was disabled, my bad.

Answer 3

In my case it was solved by disabling the "Hardware keyboard present" checkbox in the "Edit Android Virtual Device (AVD)" window.

Answer 4

I spent more time then I'd like to admit scratching my head why my app was rotating fine on my device but not in the emulator... in the emulator pull the drop-down OS menu and make sure "auto-rotate" is enabled.

Answer 5

API Level 29 here. By default the rotate is disabled. Pull Down the drop-down of the mobile and enable it.

Answer 6

In my case the Skin option in AVD settings was the problem. When I selected "No skin", it worked.

Answer 7

I had same problem. Try removing the "Keyboard lid support" option in the settings of the hardwere virtual machine. It helped me.

Answer 8

As of mid 2015 the issue is still open and logged in the android bug tracker here's the link you can check it out https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=61671

None of the above solutions worked for me and i am using Android 4.4.2 emulator. As a work around in your graphical layout you can change the orientation and check it out.

Answer 9

Once you click the change orientation button, a small icon displays on the emulator asking if you want to change the orientation of the emulated screen. It only displays for a few seconds, so look next to the "bottom" icons and you will see this temporary icon.

This works with the emulator keyboard on or off.

I am running Pixel 2 API 29, Android 10.0 (latest versions as at today)

Answer 10

Is the accelerometer property of the emulator set to True? please check it. if not, set it to true. it should help. its working fine on mine.

Open AVD Manager -> GoTo 'Device Definitions' tab -> Select an existing AVD -> Clone

Answer 11

I had to install a new virtual device Nexus on API LEVEL 27 On Api Level 28(PIE) I could not rotate the display.

And it works for me. Regards

Answer 12

I made a silly mistake and spent a lot of time for the problem on API 30. Checked Auto-rotate setting and other answers here but tried the rotation on the main Android screen, which is not rotated! You need to open some app (your own or a default one, like 'Messages' or 'Browser') to see the rotation works.

Answer 13

I got this to work with the latest version of AVD.

Check out the config :

Also, here is the result:

I think wha tmakes it click is the combination of keyboard and Skin. Also, if you create your own device make sure you add a Gyroscope sensor.

Answer 14

You have to use Android 5.1.1, aka API 22, aka Android 5.1 LOLLIPOP_MR1. Download Android 5.1.1 (API 22) in your Android SDK Manager and when you create a new Android Virtual Device select that as your OS.

As war_Hero mentioned, this bug was reported to Google. The bug is now fixed as of Mar 23 '15:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=61671

Answer 15

As of API 29, it stops working randomly for no reason. Need to shutdown and restart emulator, then it works again.

Answer 16

I had the same problem, I instantly fixed it by simply deleting the device from the AVD list and just creating a new one.

Answer 17

Only way to get this to work is to use FroYo API AVD

For anyone with this issue, this is how I set up old Froyo AVD to test this scenario:

My Manifest min version is already 8, which is Froyo

< uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="21" />

You can see SDK_API_VERSION information here. http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html

In the SDK manager Installed the needed version:

http://screencast.com/t/KKZokotI4T

Created a new AVD for the new version.

http://screencast.com/t/W8VN6fOWGW

Answer 18

On API level 25 (no skin) it worked after going into the setting, searching for "rotate" and toggling both related settings off and on again.

Answer 19

In my case you need to click a small button that would enable the orientation to change, right after you press the main change orientation button.

Answer 20

Pixel 2 - API 28 (Android 9)

I had to do this to fix it.

• Open AVD Manager
• Select Pixel 2 - API X
• Edit
• Show Advanced Settings
• Untick "Enable keyboard Input"

Only this has worked for me.