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ShibMe
ShibMe

Reputation: 511

Changing Android Device orientation with ADB

I'm using Android 4.4 on a real device and I want to set the device orientation via adb. I don't want it done with uiautomator since it won't last after the termination of the uiautomator code.

How can I do this?

Upvotes: 47

Views: 107435

Answers (5)

tutacat
tutacat

Reputation: 99

The newer "wm" command has a CLI linking to this setting. Below, you can use "wm" or "cmd window" to run the command, but the cmd command is the newer method for accessing service CLIs, such as activity, window, display services.

Window manager (window) commands:
  help
      Print this help text.
...
  user-rotation [-d DISPLAY_ID] [free|lock] [rotation]
    Print or set user rotation mode and user rotation.

The "free" setting takes no rotation argument.

cmd window user-rotation lock 0/1/2/3

This tells android how the rotation you want set. Some Android OSes such as custom ROMs, LineageOS have this setting built-in.

If you are still having issues with apps not rotating, or you want a more user-friendly method, you can use an app such as Rotation Control, or write your own app, to force androids rotation using an overlay (draw over other apps). In Rotation Control, after enabling the controls notification, you can enable the padlock icon to force that rotation even in unsupported apps. You can do the similar with a programmatically set forced rotation direction on an android screen overlay.

Rotation Control may not provide a method over ADB shell, but you could write an app to do that, or possibly interact with the custom notification view for ADB support.

Upvotes: 0

Shailendra Yadav
Shailendra Yadav

Reputation: 1862

wm cmd can be used to set the user rotation on adb shell

wm help
user-rotation [free|lock] [-d DISPLAY_ID] [rotation]
Set user rotation mode and user rotation.

Example:

wm user-rotation lock 0
wm user-rotation lock 1

Upvotes: 9

user3855135
user3855135

Reputation:

You may first need to turn off the automatic rotation:

adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:accelerometer_rotation --bind value:i:0

Rotate to landscape:

adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:user_rotation --bind value:i:1

Rotate portrait:

adb shell content insert --uri content://settings/system --bind name:s:user_rotation --bind value:i:0

Upvotes: 72

Benny
Benny

Reputation: 2331

Disable accelerometer_rotation and set the user_rotation

user_rotation Values: 
0           # Protrait 
1           # Landscape
2           # Protrait Reversed
3           # Landscape Reversed
accelerometer_rotation Values: 
0           # Stay in the current rotation
1           # Rotate the content of the screen

Example using adb:

adb shell settings put system accelerometer_rotation 0
adb shell settings put system user_rotation 3

Example programmatically:

import android.provider.Settings;

// You can get ContentResolver from the Context
Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.ACCELEROMETER_ROTATION, 0);
Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.USER_ROTATION, 3);

Upvotes: 33

wrkwrk
wrkwrk

Reputation: 2351

Instead of using "adb shell content", there's a more clean way by using "adb shell settings". They are doing the same thing, put value to settings provider.

adb shell settings put system accelerometer_rotation 0  #disable auto-rotate
adb shell settings put system user_rotation 3  #270° clockwise
  • accelerometer_rotation: auto-rotation, 0 disable, 1 enable
  • user_rotation: actual rotation, clockwise, 0 0°, 1 90°, 2 180°, 3 270°

Upvotes: 85

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