Activity orientation changes automatically on Android

Question

I\'m developing a mobile application based on Android with minSdkVersion=15. I would like to support both orientations for tablets and only portrait for smartph

Answer 1

I also faced same problem for Android N devices. So to support both orientations for tablets and only portrait for phones I did the following trick:

1. Set portrait to each activity in Manifest. Looks bad, but in this case screen will not autorotate: android:screenOrientation="portrait"

2. In your BaseActivity set:

   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       if (isTablet(){  
          setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR);
       }
   }
   
   protected boolean isTablet() {
      return getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.tablet);
   }