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powerj1984
powerj1984

Reputation: 2226

Create Portrait GoogleTV Application

I'm having a tough time forcing my app to use portrait mode on Google TV. I know this is technically unsupported but I feel like I should be able to do this manually somehow, especially seeing as some apps on Google Play successfully force this behavior system wide (like: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinsoft.android.orientcontrol and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.fameit.rotate&hl=en).

In my activity I am doing:

public void onStart() {
    View root = findViewById(android.R.id.content);     
    Animator anim = AnimatorInflater.loadAnimator(this, R.anim.rotate_90);                  
    anim.setTarget(root);
    anim.start();
}

My rotate_90.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<objectAnimator xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:duration="0"
    android:propertyName="rotation"
    android:repeatCount="0"
    android:valueTo="90"
    android:valueType="floatType" />

This seems to work, but of course doesn't do exactly what I want. The view is rotated, but all the items on the far left are now off screen. Is there a way to dynamically re-size the root layout to fit the screen in portrait mode?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 414

Answers (2)

David C. Sainte-Claire
David C. Sainte-Claire

Reputation: 2481

Is there a reason that you are attempting to force your app to run in an orientation that isn't supported by the device? If you are writing your app from scratch anyways (which it sounds like), why not support the proper screen orientation?

Upvotes: 2

powerj1984
powerj1984

Reputation: 2226

Of course right after posting I came up with something that seems to work:

    View root = findViewById(android.R.id.content);


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

    root.getLayoutParams().height = width;
    root.getLayoutParams().width = height;
    root.requestLayout();

    root.setPivotX(height);
    root.setPivotY(height);

    Animator anim = AnimatorInflater.loadAnimator(this, R.anim.rotate_90);      
    anim.setTarget(root);
    anim.start();

Any better answers would be appreciated, but I don't see any downsides to this off the top of my head.

Upvotes: 1

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