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Abhishek
Abhishek

Reputation: 1625

Landscape Orientation crashing Android app

Whenever I try to change the the orientation to landscape in the app I'm developing it crashes.

for portrait mode res/layout/activity_main.xml for landscape mode res/layout-land/activity_main.xml

I am using Linear-Layout but eclipse keeping showing "This LinearLayout layout or its LinearLayout parent is useless" . Below is the code of Landscape Mode. Please Help.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:padding="15dip"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >
    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:paddingLeft="20dip"
    android:paddingRight="20dip">
        <TextView
        android:text="@string/main_title"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:layout_marginBottom="20dip"
        android:textSize="24.5sp" />
        <TableLayout >
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:stretchColumns="*">
        <TableRow>
        <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:text="@string/continue_label" />
        <Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:text="@string/new_game_label" />
        </TableRow>
        <TableRow>
        <Button
        android:id="@+id/button3"
        android:text="@string/about_label" />
        <Button
        android:id="@+id/button4"
        android:text="@string/exit_label" />
        </TableRow>
        </TableLayout>

    </LinearLayout>


</LinearLayout>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4317

Answers (3)

user3137643
user3137643

Reputation: 1

about the error "This LinearLayout layout or its LinearLayout parent is useless"
it's because the second LinearLayout is indeed useless, you can remove it 

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="15dip"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:paddingLeft="20dip"
        android:paddingRight="20dip">

just change it to

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:paddingTop="15dip"
    android:paddingBottom="15dip"
    android:paddingLeft="20dip"
    android:paddingRight="20dip"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_gravity="center" >

and remove one of </LinearLayout> in the bottom

unless you have another viewgroup below the second linearlayout, the warning will not appear..
and i think it's only a warning, not the main issue which crashes your app
you should look again at the logcat to check what exception makes the app crashes

Upvotes: 0

tom nobleman
tom nobleman

Reputation: 366

use in your Manifest at your activity:

android:configChanges="orientation"

try to use then:

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    Display display = ((WindowManager) getActivity().getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
    AddArticleActivity.DISPLAYROTATION = display.getRotation();
    if (youractivity.DISPLAYROTATION == Surface.ROTATION_90 || youractivity.DISPLAYROTATION == Surface.ROTATION_270) {
        do LANDSCAPE;
    } else {
        do PORTRAIT;
    }

}

Upvotes: 1

Sunil Kumar
Sunil Kumar

Reputation: 7082

Add this with activity class in manifest file, If your android:targetSdkVersion="12" or less

android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden">

if your android:targetSdkVersion="13" or more

 android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screensize">

Upvotes: 0

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