Find out if Android device is portrait or landscape for normal usage?

Question

Is there anyway to find out if a device is portrait or landscape by default? In that I mean how you normally use the device.

Most phones have a portrait screen for

Answer 1

I am not sure if this will help but this is a quick example I wrote that will show you how to have a listener...which will allow you to figure out which orientation you are in.

...textviewOrientation = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);

    myOrientationEventListener = new OrientationEventListener(this, 
              SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL){

        @Override
        public void onOrientationChanged(int arg0) {

         textviewOrientation.setText("Orientation: " + String.valueOf(arg0));
         myOrientationEventListener.enable();


             if ((arg0 < 100) || (arg0 > 280)){

                 setRequestedOrientation(
                     ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);

             } else {

                 setRequestedOrientation(
                     ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);

             }


        }

    };...


...@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onDestroy();
    myOrientationEventListener.disable();
}...