Check orientation on Android phone

Question

How can I check if the Android phone is in Landscape or Portrait?

Answer 1

You can use this (based on here) :

public static boolean isPortrait(Activity activity) {
    final int currentOrientation = getCurrentOrientation(activity);
    return currentOrientation == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT || currentOrientation == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
}

public static int getCurrentOrientation(Activity activity) {
    //code based on https://www.captechconsulting.com/blog/eric-miles/programmatically-locking-android-screen-orientation
    final Display display = activity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
    final int rotation = display.getRotation();
    final Point size = new Point();
    display.getSize(size);
    int result;
    if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_0
            || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_180) {
        // if rotation is 0 or 180 and width is greater than height, we have
        // a tablet
        if (size.x > size.y) {
            if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_0) {
                result = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
            } else {
                result = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE;
            }
        } else {
            // we have a phone
            if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_0) {
                result = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
            } else {
                result = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT;
            }
        }
    } else {
        // if rotation is 90 or 270 and width is greater than height, we
        // have a phone
        if (size.x > size.y) {
            if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_90) {
                result = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
            } else {
                result = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE;
            }
        } else {
            // we have a tablet
            if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_90) {
                result = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT;
            } else {
                result = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
            }
        }
    }
    return result;
}