[android-developers] Re: Check for which orientations are available to the device.

What if I did it like this:

try {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
} catch (Exception e) {};

I think this will do what I want.

On Nov 28, 10:08 pm, XdebugX <xdeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you check if SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT is available to the
> device in the onCreate method first?
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> On Nov 28, 7:28 am, karteek <kartee...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > We can set orientation in our activity onCreate() method
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> > setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
> > setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
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> > On Nov 28, 5:36 am, XdebugX <xdeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > I want my app to set the orientation to portrait on devices that can
> > > use the portrait orientation. To do this I use
> > > android:screenOrientation in the manifest. But there are some devices
> > > which do not support portrait orientation (some google tv's). On
> > > phones I want to set the orientation to portrait, but on tv's I'd like
> > > to set the orientation unspecified. Is there a way I can check for
> > > which orientations are available in the manifest (or maybe which
> > > device it's running on) before I set the orientation.
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> > > Or could I set the orientation from the activity instead of from the
> > > manifest?
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> > > Thanks!
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> > > Note: I want to force the orientation to portrait if it's available,
> > > and I want to do it before the activity starts, like it does when you
> > > set it in the manifest. Also if you just set the orientation to
> > > portrait in the manifest and the device does not have a portrait
> > > orientation your app will crash.

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