Get phone orientation but fix screen orientation to portrait

Question

I want to get the phone orientation but keep the screen orientation to portrait. So no matter the user turns the phone to landscape or portrait, the view stays the same, but

Answer 1

I needed a solution that would give me the orientation only on-demand. This one worked for me:

public class SensorOrientationChecker {

public final String TAG = getClass().getSimpleName();

int mOrientation = 0;
private SensorEventListener mSensorEventListener;
private SensorManager mSensorManager;

private static SensorOrientationChecker mInstance;

public static SensorOrientationChecker getInstance() {
    if (mInstance == null)
        mInstance = new SensorOrientationChecker();

    return mInstance;
}

private SensorOrientationChecker() {
    mSensorEventListener = new Listener();
    Context applicationContext = GlobalData.getInstance().getContext();
    mSensorManager = (SensorManager) applicationContext.getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE);

}

/**
 * Call on activity onResume()
 */
public void onResume() {
    mSensorManager.registerListener(mSensorEventListener, mSensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER), SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL);
}

/**
 * Call on activity onPause()
 */
public void onPause() {
    mSensorManager.unregisterListener(mSensorEventListener);
}

private class Listener implements SensorEventListener {

    @Override
    public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) {
        float x = event.values[0];
        float y = event.values[1];

        if (x<5 && x>-5 && y > 5)
            mOrientation = 0;
        else if (x<-5 && y<5 && y>-5)
            mOrientation = 90;
        else if (x<5 && x>-5 && y<-5)
            mOrientation = 180;
        else if (x>5 && y<5 && y>-5)
            mOrientation = 270;

        //Log.e(TAG,"mOrientation="+mOrientation+"   ["+event.values[0]+","+event.values[1]+","+event.values[2]+"]");
                                                                       }

    @Override
    public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor sensor, int accuracy) {

    }

}

public int getOrientation(){
    return mOrientation;
    }
}