Check orientation on Android phone

Question

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

Answer 1

Tested in 2019 on API 28, regardless of the user has set portrait orientation or not, and with minimal code compared to another, outdated answer, the following delivers the correct orientation:

/** @return The {@link Configuration#ORIENTATION_SQUARE}, {@link Configuration#ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT}, {@link Configuration#ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE} constants based on the current phone screen pixel relations. */
private int getScreenOrientation()
{
    DisplayMetrics dm = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics(); // Screen rotation effected

    if(dm.widthPixels == dm.heightPixels)
        return Configuration.ORIENTATION_SQUARE;
    else
        return dm.widthPixels < dm.heightPixels ? Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT : Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
}

Answer 2

Here is code snippet demo how to get screen orientation was recommend by hackbod and Martijn:

❶ Trigger when change Orientation:

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
        int nCurrentOrientation = _getScreenOrientation();
    _doSomeThingWhenChangeOrientation(nCurrentOrientation);
}

❷ Get current orientation as hackbod recommend:

private int _getScreenOrientation(){    
    return getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
}

❸There are alternative solution for get current screen orientation ❷ follow Martijn solution:

private int _getScreenOrientation(){
        Display display = ((WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
        return display.getOrientation();
}

★Note: I was try both implement ❷ & ❸, but on RealDevice (NexusOne SDK 2.3) Orientation it returns the wrong orientation.

★So i recommend to used solution ❷ to get Screen orientation which have more advantage: clearly, simple and work like a charm.

★Check carefully return of orientation to ensure correct as our expected (May be have limited depend on physical devices specification)

Hope it help,

Answer 3

If you use getResources().getConfiguration().orientation on some devices you will get it wrong. We used that approach initially in http://apphance.com. Thanks to remote logging of Apphance we could see it on different devices and we saw that fragmentation plays its role here. I saw weird cases: for example alternating portrait and square(?!) on HTC Desire HD:

CONDITION[17:37:10.345] screen: rotation: 270 orientation: square
CONDITION[17:37:12.774] screen: rotation: 0 orientation: portrait
CONDITION[17:37:15.898] screen: rotation: 90
CONDITION[17:37:21.451] screen: rotation: 0
CONDITION[17:38:42.120] screen: rotation: 270 orientation: square

or not changing orientation at all:

CONDITION[11:34:41.134] screen: rotation: 0
CONDITION[11:35:04.533] screen: rotation: 90
CONDITION[11:35:06.312] screen: rotation: 0
CONDITION[11:35:07.938] screen: rotation: 90
CONDITION[11:35:09.336] screen: rotation: 0

On the other hand, width() and height() is always correct (it is used by window manager, so it should better be). I'd say the best idea is to do the width/height checking ALWAYS. If you think about a moment, this is exactly what you want - to know if width is smaller than height (portrait), the opposite (landscape) or if they are the same (square).

Then it comes down to this simple code:

public int getScreenOrientation()
{
    Display getOrient = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
    int orientation = Configuration.ORIENTATION_UNDEFINED;
    if(getOrient.getWidth()==getOrient.getHeight()){
        orientation = Configuration.ORIENTATION_SQUARE;
    } else{ 
        if(getOrient.getWidth() < getOrient.getHeight()){
            orientation = Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
        }else { 
             orientation = Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
        }
    }
    return orientation;
}

Answer 4

Old post I know. Whatever the orientation may be or is swapped etc. I designed this function that is used to set the device in the right orientation without the need to know how the portrait and landscape features are organised on the device.

   private void initActivityScreenOrientPortrait()
    {
        // Avoid screen rotations (use the manifests android:screenOrientation setting)
        // Set this to nosensor or potrait

        // Set window fullscreen
        this.activity.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

        DisplayMetrics metrics = new DisplayMetrics();
        this.activity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(metrics);

         // Test if it is VISUAL in portrait mode by simply checking it's size
        boolean bIsVisualPortrait = ( metrics.heightPixels >= metrics.widthPixels ); 

        if( !bIsVisualPortrait )
        { 
            // Swap the orientation to match the VISUAL portrait mode
            if( this.activity.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT )
             { this.activity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE); }
            else { this.activity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT ); }
        }
        else { this.activity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_NOSENSOR); }

    }

Works like a charm!

Answer 5

It's also worth noting that nowadays, there's less good reason to check for explicit orientation with getResources().getConfiguration().orientation if you're doing so for layout reasons, as Multi-Window Support introduced in Android 7 / API 24+ could mess with your layouts quite a bit in either orientation. Better to consider using <ConstraintLayout>, and alternative layouts dependent on available width or height, along with other tricks for determining which layout is being used, e.g. the presence or not of certain Fragments being attached to your Activity.

Answer 6

Use this way,

    int orientation = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
    String Orintaion = "";
    switch (orientation)
    {
        case Configuration.ORIENTATION_UNDEFINED: Orintaion = "Undefined"; break;
        case Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE: Orintaion = "Landscrape"; break;
        case Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT:  Orintaion = "Portrait"; break;
        default: Orintaion = "Square";break;
    }

in the String you have the Oriantion