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Sherry Lost but trying Posts: 135 Reg: Jan 05, 2013 South Africa 11,650	confirm \| cancel 05/16/15 02:00 PM (9 years ago) Android - Prevent rotation on certain screens I'm trying to create my first Android Phone app and am a completely lost newbie trying to find a solution to keep all the screens except the pdf doc plugin screens in Portrait. I want to allow the pdf doc screens to rotate to either portrait or landscape as the user wants. @LeonG helped me with my iOS app previously and @AlanMac added this previous forum post from 2 years ago as a possible solution for Android http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=AE0B1A40BCED1E300772DB7&currentPage=1 but I couldn't get it to work and code looks different on Android Studio so I might have pasted it in the wrong place but added it about 4 lines below the existing code under onCreate and then I did a clean and run but the app screen still rotated. Title Comments I'm trying to create my first Android Phone app and am a completely lost newbie trying to find a solution to keep all the screens except the pdf doc plugin screens in Portrait. I want to allow the pdf doc screens to rotate to either portrait or landscape as the user wants. @LeonG helped me with my iOS app previously and @AlanMac added this previous forum post from 2 years ago as a possible solution for Android http://www.buzztouch.com/forum/thread.php?tid=AE0B1A40BCED1E300772DB7&currentPage=1 but I couldn't get it to work and code looks different on Android Studio so I might have pasted it in the wrong place but added it about 4 lines below the existing code under onCreate and then I did a clean and run but the app screen still rotated.

CMCOFFEE Android Fan Posts: 2017 Reg: Jan 04, 2013 Amarillo, Texas 26,670	05/16/15 07:35 PM (9 years ago) in OnCreateView method under : View thisScreensView..... try this: getActivity().setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT); From what I heard and read you can only set activity to certain orientations on activity,which all screens run off of the same activity,so I was thinking you might have to make another activity,etc, but that might work,or it might make them all portrait.If it does make them all portrait on the ones you dont want to make portrait add this: getActivity().setRequestedOrientation( ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED); Comments in OnCreateView method under : View thisScreensView..... try this: getActivity().setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT); From what I heard and read you can only set activity to certain orientations on activity,which all screens run off of the same activity,so I was thinking you might have to make another activity,etc, but that might work,or it might make them all portrait.If it does make them all portrait on the ones you dont want to make portrait add this: getActivity().setRequestedOrientation( ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED);

SmugWimp Smugger than thou... Posts: 6316 Reg: Nov 07, 2012 Tamuning, GU 81,410	05/16/15 08:02 PM (9 years ago) Nice, Chris! Adding this to my snippet collection! Cheers! -- Smug Comments Nice, Chris! Adding this to my snippet collection! Cheers! -- Smug

LA Aspiring developer Posts: 3278 Reg: Aug 16, 2012 Jerseyville, IL 42,880	05/17/15 05:59 AM (9 years ago) That would be the solution @CMCOFFEE..nice solution! LA Comments That would be the solution @CMCOFFEE..nice solution! LA

Sherry Lost but trying Posts: 135 Reg: Jan 05, 2013 South Africa 11,650	05/17/15 09:49 AM (9 years ago) Thank you so much for your help I REALLY appreciate it and now this part of my app works perfectly. Comments Thank you so much for your help I REALLY appreciate it and now this part of my app works perfectly.

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