Android: listen for Orientation change?

Question

How would I listen for orientation change in Android? and do certain things when the user has switched to landscape?

Answer 1

You have a couple of choices:

• Use an OrientationEventListener, which has a method called onOrientationChanged.

• Use config changes:

In your Manifest, put:

And, in your Activity, override onConfigurationChanged:

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);

    int newOrientation = newConfig.orientation;

    if (newOrientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
      // Do certain things when the user has switched to landscape.    
    }   
}

Here is a good tutorial about it.