Find out if Android device is portrait or landscape for normal usage?

Question

Is there anyway to find out if a device is portrait or landscape by default? In that I mean how you normally use the device.

Most phones have a portrait screen for

Answer 1

You can do this by:

For Lanscape

if(getResources().getConfiguration().orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE){
    //Do some stuff
}

For Portrait

if(getResources().getConfiguration().orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT){
    //Do some stuff
}

Check: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Configuration.html#orientation

Answer 2

// Current orientation
public boolean landscape = false;

public boolean isLandscape(){

    DisplayMetrics displaymetrics = new DisplayMetrics();
    context.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displaymetrics);
    int width = displaymetrics.widthPixels;
    int height = displaymetrics.heightPixels;

    if(width<height){
        landscape = false;
    }
    else{
        landscape = true;
    }

    return landscape;

}