[android-developers] Re: How to allow Landscape mode on Transparent / Translucent Activities?

I am only using a small part of the screen, like an ActionBar strip at
the top.

I don't know what to put in the remaining space, so I tried using the
translucent theme to fill it in.

But from the responses, I assume there is no way to dynamically remove
this translucent flag, to allow landscape mode.

On Aug 15, 1:32 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> Why are you making your activity translucent?  If this is to allow the
> launcher to be seen through behind it, you shouldn't let the screen rotate
> if the launcher doesn't want it to -- the launcher has locked the rotation
> because it doesn't want to be rotated.
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> If you actually are drawing everything in your activity so the launcher
> can't be seen, then why are you using the translucent theme?
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> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 2:47 PM, I.E. <inib...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Suppose I have an Activity that uses the transparent theme:
> > android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent" in the
> > AndroidManifest.xml.
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> > When my Activity is launched from the Home Screen, most commercial
> > phones will lock it to Portrait mode only. This is probably because
> > the Home Screen only runs in Portrait mode, and applying the
> > Translucent theme to my Activity makes it also lock to Portrait mode.
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> > But I would like to run my Activity in Landscape mode as well. Is this
> > possible?
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> > For example, is there a way to dynamically remove the Translucent flag
> > when a landscape orientation change is detected?
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