How do I simulate rotating the device with Android emulator?

Question

I am running Android via the SDK emulator on Ubuntu. When you rotate some devices, they reset the layout to match (from portrait to landscape, or landscape to portrait). How can I simulate this on the emulator?

(Is this the same as simulating the accelerometer, for example with OpenIntents' SensorSimulator, or is there more to it?)

Answer 1

The answer to this question has changed in 2023. Under the "Pixel 3 API 28" emulator running on Android Studio Flamingo | 2022.2.1, there's a whole series of Extended Controls for simulating sensor inputs.

You can control the 3d orientation of the simulated device by opening the Extended Controls dialog with the 3 dots vertical menu in the Android emulator pane. That pops up a window; choose "Virtual sensors", then the "Device Pose" tab. It contains sliders to rotate the device in 3 axes.

Here's a screenshot of it in action while running a bubble/spirit level app.

Answer 2

Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right are your friends

Answer 3

I think, what you need is:

Ctrl+F11

Answer 4

you can use KEYPAD_7, Ctrl-F11 ,KEYPAD_9 or Ctrl-F12 to move to the next orientation