Lock screen orientation when targeting Android API 27 with a non-opaque activity

Question

I have an activity that has android:windowIsTranslucent set to true and android:windowBackground set to a translucent background. I ju

Answer 1

So what I did was remove any screenOrientation property from manifest and add it to my BaseActivity (from which all my activities extend), this code

 if(!(this instanceof TranslucentActivity)){
        setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
    }

The TranslucentActivity will have the orientation from the Activity behind.