Android App Development

CHAPTER SIX: Managing the Device Orientation

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CHAPTER CONTENTS

1. Introduction

   1. 6.1 The Configuration Class

   2. 6.2 Capturing a Device Rotation Event

   3. 6.3 Strategy 1: One Layout XML File per Orientation

   4. 6.4 Strategy 2: One Layout XML File for Both Orientations, Modify the Layout by Code

   5. 6.5 Strategy 3: Manage Layout and Orientation 100% by Code

2. Chapter Summary

3. Exercises, Problems, and Projects

Introduction

When we run an app and we rotate the device that the app is running on, the Graphical User Interface (GUI) may or may not rotate. Some apps, in particular games, are best run in one ...