Disable App Screen Rotation/Orientation

Hi Friends,

Here i am going to show you how to stop/disable screen rotation/orientation of your application in Android while Auto Rotation is enabled in your mobile.

For this just you have to made changes in Activity tag of your Application Manifest :

 <activity

android:name="in.androiddevelopmentanddiscussion.disablescreenrotationexample.MainActivity"

android:label="@string/app_name" 

android:screenOrientation="portrait">

If you want you application activity in Landscape then just change orientation "portrait" to "landscape".

That's it Enjoy Coding ............ :)

Example: 

Landscape Screen

Portrait Screen

Code:

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <TextView

        android:layout_width="wrap_content"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:text="@string/hello_world" />

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package in.androiddevelopmentanddiscussion.disablescreenrotationexample;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.view.Menu;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

}

@Override

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.

getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

return true;

}

}

Manifest

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    package="in.androiddevelopmentanddiscussion.disablescreenrotationexample"

    android:versionCode="1"

    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk

        android:minSdkVersion="8"

        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

    <application

        android:allowBackup="true"

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"

        android:label="@string/app_name"

        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

        <activity

            android:name="in.androiddevelopmentanddiscussion.disablescreenrotationexample.MainActivity"

            android:label="@string/app_name" 

            android:screenOrientation="portrait">  (Change it Accordingly)

            

            <intent-filter>

                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

            </intent-filter>

        </activity>

    </application>

</manifest>

Download full project from here

 

Check Android Apps on Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Metro%20App%20Solution&hl=en