Screen orientation when rotating device

somezombiegm

Hello. If this question is solved somewhere else please point me to it, I didn't find it.

How do I change the screen orientation for when the user rotates the device? I'm making a game for which I only want to allow Landscape Left and Landscape Right.

ar2rsawseen

@somezombiegm this is platform dependent and currently possible only on IOS

First right click on the project in Gideros Studio, select properties and then select ios and choose autorotation for devices you want, usually iphone and ipad

Click ok

Then you you get it exported to xCode, simply select both landscape modes there
and it will autorotate only in these landscapes

somezombiegm

Oh I didn't specify, I'm making an android game. So... It can't be done?

somezombiegm

No way Jose?

ar2rsawseen

@somezombiegm well android does not have internal implementation of autorotation as ios

you can try to implement it yourself, but it may be difficult and have some caveats

1) use accelerometer to and Application:getDeviceOrientation() to detect orientation changes
2) use centerly position sprite on the stage
3) rotate this sprite

but as I said, not the best way

we will be thinking on possible solutions on android about it further, to make them behave more as on ios

somezombiegm

Ok thanks, I'll try it out and come back...

somezombiegm

@ar2rsawseen I've found a solution that works for me. The way I test my game on devices (and perhaps everyone else, but I just know this one) is to export it, then import it with Eclipse and then run as Android application (but you need to instal the Android plugin and the API for the devices version).

So, the solutions is: on the Android Manifest add sensorLandscape on screen orientation:

android:screenOrientation="sensorLandscape" =D