android - orientation is not working in 2.3.3?

Question

I have prepared one application.My application will be supports both landscape and portrait. When i change the orientation from portrait to landscape it is working fine,But when i change landscape to portrait it is not working.my code is,

  public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {

        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
        System.out.println("orientation---"+getResources().getConfiguration().orientation);
        if (newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
            setContentView(R.layout.main);
            System.out.println("landscape-----");
        } else if (newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) {
            setContentView(R.layout.main);
            System.out.println("portrait-----");
        }

    }

Every time time it taking only landscape mode.I made mistake some where. please help.

System.out.println("orientation---"+getResources().getConfiguration().orientation);

The above SOP is printing 2 means landscape.Please help me.(i am using 2.3.3)

Answer 1

The issue is with the android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden" .

if you remove |keyboardHidden from the androidmanifest.xml, then the onConfigurationChanged is only fired when you rotate from landscape to portrait, not when you go from portrait to landscape (at least in the default emulator).

Hope this helps.

EDIT: DID some sample program to test it and works fine for me.

CheckOrientationActivity.java

import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class CheckOrientationActivity extends Activity {


    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.second_layout);
        Log.i("DayElevenActivity", "onCreate Start");
    }

    @Override
    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
        Log.i("DayElevenActivity", "onConfigurationChanged");
        // Checks the orientation of the screen
        if (newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
            Log.i("ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE", "ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE");
            Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } else if (newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) {
            Log.i("ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT", "ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT");
            Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }

}

In AndroidManifest.xml

<activity
            android:label="@string/app_name"   
            android:configChanges="**orientation|keyboardHidden**"    
            android:name=".CheckOrientationActivity" >
            <intent-filter >
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

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

Corresponding Logs when i run and change the orientation

03-05 18:54:31.644: I/CheckOrientationActivity (20314): onCreate Start
03-05 18:54:35.014: I/CheckOrientationActivity (20314): onConfigurationChanged
03-05 18:54:35.014: I/ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE(20314): ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE
03-05 18:54:41.984: I/CheckOrientationActivity (20314): onConfigurationChanged
03-05 18:54:41.984: I/ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT(20314): ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT