Change screen orientation in Android without reloading the activity

Question

I want to change the orientation programmatically while running my Android App, with these lines of code:

setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTA         


        

Answer 1

See the edit by @luisfer. For targeting Android 3.2 and above, you need BOTH

android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize"

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/runtime-changes.html#HandlingTheChange