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How to Check Android Device Screen Orientation

Android devices have both portrait and landscape mode. You can choose in which mode applications or activity to run. With the little bit code you can change screen orientation and display different layout in landscape and portrait mode. So, in this tutorial, you will learn to check android device (phone, tablet, tv) screen orientation programmatically and display different design in portrait and landscape mode.

There are many methods to check android device screen orientation. Here I will show some of the best ways to check android screen orientation. You can make different XML layout for different mode like below.

res/layout/main_xml_layout.xml
res/layout-large/main_xml _layout.xml
res/layout-xlarge/main_xml _layout.xml
res/layout-xlarge-land/main_xml _layout.xml

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Android Example: Check Android Screen Orientation Programmatically


Android Example: Check Android Screen Orientation Programmatically

Following are the different method to check android screen orientation.

Method 1:


This method shows you to check android device screen orientation using if else statement.

src/CheckAndroidDeviceScreenOrientation.java

Method 2:


This method shows how to check android device screen orientation using switch case.

src/CheckAndroidDeviceScreenOrientation.java


Method 3:


This method shows by using XML file to check screen orientation. First create a XML file something like android_layout.xml inside values-land and values-port folder and add following.

res/values-port/android_layout.xml

res/values-land/andrid_layout.xml

And add a line of following java code in your activity file.
context.getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.is_landscape)

These are the some methods to check android device screen orientation. Not only these you can also find others too.
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