4 ms·

In Android there's an option to lock orientation.

by ckdarby 7y ago

yed 7y ago
There's one in iOS as well.
- lotsofpulp 7y ago
  Only for portrait mode. Never made sense to me why they only allow locking in one orientation and not landscape.
  - gtufano 7y ago
    It's "lock rotation", not "lock portrait". If you have the device in landscape when you lock it, it will lock in landscape.
    - lotsofpulp 7y ago
      I just did it on an iphone 6S Plus and an iPhone XS both with ios13+, and while in landscape, if I press lock rotation, it changes to portrait and then locks it. I’ve experienced this since iPhone 3G or iPhone 4, so I assume this is how they have designed it. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8237975 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8237975 This website shows a workaround for it: https://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-lock-rotation-in-iphone-landscape-mode/ https://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-lock-rotation-in-iphone-la...
    - manigandham 7y ago
      No, the feature is called "Portrait Orientation Lock" - it will only lock it in portrait mode and not landscape. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204547 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204547
lrizzo 7y ago
I believe it is either "force portrait" or "autorotate", there is no "force landscape".
- def8cefe 7y ago
  You flip it landscape and turn off autorotation.
  - sjagoe 7y ago
    When my phone was updated to Android 9, that toggle became force-portrait. If I enable it now, it immediately turns back to portrait and disables rotation.
    - def8cefe 7y ago
      I'm on AOSP Android 10 and it works as I described. Can't remember the behaviour on 9. Have a good one.
- hawski 7y ago
  From Android 10 or maybe 9 on the side of the soft keys bar appears a little rotation icon when you flip the device. Found the explanation: https://9to5google.com/2018/03/07/android-p-rotation-button-contextual/ https://9to5google.com/2018/03/07/android-p-rotation-button-...
JacobDotVI 7y ago
Not all video apps respect the lock orientation setting

4 ms·

In Android there's an option to lock orientation.

by ckdarby 7y ago

In Android there's an option to lock orientation.

yed 7y ago
There's one in iOS as well.
- lotsofpulp 7y ago
  Only for portrait mode. Never made sense to me why they only allow locking in one orientation and not landscape.
  - gtufano 7y ago
    It's "lock rotation", not "lock portrait". If you have the device in landscape when you lock it, it will lock in landscape.
    - lotsofpulp 7y ago
      I just did it on an iphone 6S Plus and an iPhone XS both with ios13+, and while in landscape, if I press lock rotation, it changes to portrait and then locks it. I’ve experienced this since iPhone 3G or iPhone 4, so I assume this is how they have designed it. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8237975 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8237975 This website shows a workaround for it: https://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-lock-rotation-in-iphone-landscape-mode/ https://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-lock-rotation-in-iphone-la...
    - manigandham 7y ago
      No, the feature is called "Portrait Orientation Lock" - it will only lock it in portrait mode and not landscape. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204547 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204547
lrizzo 7y ago
I believe it is either "force portrait" or "autorotate", there is no "force landscape".
- def8cefe 7y ago
  You flip it landscape and turn off autorotation.
  - sjagoe 7y ago
    When my phone was updated to Android 9, that toggle became force-portrait. If I enable it now, it immediately turns back to portrait and disables rotation.
    - def8cefe 7y ago
      I'm on AOSP Android 10 and it works as I described. Can't remember the behaviour on 9. Have a good one.
- hawski 7y ago
  From Android 10 or maybe 9 on the side of the soft keys bar appears a little rotation icon when you flip the device. Found the explanation: https://9to5google.com/2018/03/07/android-p-rotation-button-contextual/ https://9to5google.com/2018/03/07/android-p-rotation-button-...
JacobDotVI 7y ago
Not all video apps respect the lock orientation setting