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Yahya
Yahya

Reputation: 746

Play Video only on Landscape in android API Level 8

I want to play the video only in landscape mode. I tried the following code but the entire activity turns on landscape mode but I want only the videoview in the Xml layout to play in the landscape. 

<activity android:name=".Video_play"
    android:screenOrientation="landscape"
    android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen">
...
</activity>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 68

Answers (2)

Mariano Zorrilla
Mariano Zorrilla

Reputation: 7666

First of all... check the SDK version of the user to match API lvl 8:

if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT == Build.VERSION_CODES.FROYO){
            // This will only hit API lvl 8 
            // myActivity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
        }

And myActivity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);

will force you screen to be landscape. Remember to have the xml layout-land to make sure the UI will be good for the user.

Upvotes: 1

Nooruddin Lakhani
Nooruddin Lakhani

Reputation: 6967

Create a new file named bools.xml in values folder as below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
  <item type="bool" name="isPortLayout">true</item>
</resources>

create another file in values-land folder named bools.xml as below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
  <item type="bool" name="isPortLayout">false</item>
</resources>

Now in your activity before calling to setContentView get this resource and based on its value set Activity as full screen or not:

boolean isPortLayout = getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.isLargeLayout);
if(isPortLayout) {
  // PORT
} else {
  // LAND
  requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
  getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
}

Set your VideoView's width and height match_parent.

Upvotes: 0

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