Change Orientation while converting android handset app to tablet

Question

I am converting and android handset application to tablet (1024*600 and 1280*720). I have given the support for different screen- size, but stuck in orientation part. I want some pages to be visible as landscape. For example after logged in by user the next intent should be in landscape form. After searching I found clue but not very understandable answer such as

1. By adding activity in manifest.xml file

2. At runtime by using getOrientation().

Thanks

Answer 1

The question is not clear, if you're forcing screen orientation by size (eg on tablet device there's only landscape orientation), i think you should get the screen width and height first then evaluate it. If the screen width and height are 1024*600 or 1280*720, you change the orientation with setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);

To get the width and height, do this in your activity:

Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
int width, height;
try {
    Point size = new Point();
    display.getSize(size);
    width = size.x;
    height = size.y;
}
catch (NoSuchMethodError e) {
    width = display.getWidth();
    height = display.getHeight();
}

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