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06/26/12 08:24 AM (13 years ago)

Screen Orientation Rotation

I've developed an Android app using BT 2.0. The app looks perfect on the Eclipse emulator, but when the app is downloaded to a phone, the screen orientation is allowed to rotate from portrait to landscape and the app looks terrible. I have selected "only large devices allow rotation" in the core properties section. I have also attempted to manually fix the problem by modifying the manifest in Eclipse by switching screen orientation to portrait only. Nothing seems to be working, am I missing something here?
 
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06/26/12 08:49 AM (13 years ago)
Is the problem when using the Menu (button) screen? Or with other screens also? Fred
 
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06/26/12 09:03 AM (13 years ago)
It's with the Menu (button) screen. I have an image that is placed in the bottom/middle and it does not rotate when the screen is opened for keyboard access.
 
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06/26/12 09:23 AM (13 years ago)
"I have an image that is placed in the bottom/middle and it does not rotate when the screen is opened for keyboard access." Having difficulty understanding this line. Mostly the keyboard part. Perhaps a screen shot would help. Fred
 
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06/26/12 09:26 AM (13 years ago)
He means that when he rotates his phone into landscape mode to slide out the qwerty keyboard the button menu does not rotate and the button stays on the at right of the green as opposed to rotating to bottom middle
 
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06/26/12 09:29 AM (13 years ago)
That's the part I'm trouble understanding, why slide out the keyboard. Fred
 
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06/26/12 09:33 AM (13 years ago)
MacApple has it right. When the phone is rotated to landscape mode to slide the keyboardout, the image does not rotate with the rest of the buttons on the menu.
 
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06/26/12 09:57 AM (13 years ago)
The background image?
 
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06/26/12 12:23 PM (13 years ago)
Let me try explaining this better. Using BT 2.0, I have developed an Android app with a menu (button) screen. In portrait orientation the app looks fine. I have a screen background image that has been placed at the bottom middle. Now, when the screen is rotated by a phone user to the landscape position, even if the keyboard is not out, the buttons change to fit the new orientation, but the background image does not change any so it is difficult to see the buttons themselves. In the core properties section I chose "only large devices allow rotation." I have also attempted to manually fix the problem by modifying the manifest in Eclipse by switching screen orientation to portrait only. Below is a screenshot of the menu in portrait form. The picture at the bottom does not rotate with the rest of the buttons when the phone is shifted to landscape view. Can it shift with the buttons or can the buttons somehow stay the same when the phone is in portrait and landscape modes? http://lh5.ggpht.com/BocW_dMI9nEdbD7w5J-Ka0ivQKUm90Phf4IastKlADwUVX-iEF4oTBIL_m9iOLezw_w
 
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06/27/12 06:30 AM (13 years ago)
I've done same in BTv1.5 and it didn't have this problem. Wonder if screen size could possibly be the issue. Don't think it should, but not sure what it could be. Fred
 

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