How to Listen to Orientation Change in Android?
Last Updated :
02 Feb, 2022
In Android, applications can have orientations of types namely portrait and landscape. By default, every new project when created comes with a portrait orientation. However, this can be changed to landscape or semi. In the case of the semi, both portrait and landscape orientation is supported by the application depending upon the standing orientation of the device. Also, it is possible to detect when the orientation changes from one to the other.
So in this article, we will show you how you could listen to orientation changes in Android. Follow the below steps once the IDE is ready.
Step by Step Implementation
Step 1: Create a New Project in Android Studio
To create a new project in Android Studio please refer to How to Create/Start a New Project in Android Studio. We demonstrated the application in Kotlin, so make sure you select Kotlin as the primary language while creating a New Project.
Step 2: Working on AndroidManifest.xml
In the activity tag, set configChanges to orientation|screenSize to implement semi orientation.
XML
<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8" ?>
package = "org.geeksforgeeks.orientationchange" >
< application
android:allowBackup = "true"
android:icon = "@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label = "@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon = "@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl = "true"
android:theme = "@style/Theme.OrientationChange" >
< activity
android:name = ".MainActivity"
android:exported = "true"
android:configChanges = "orientation|screenSize" >
< intent-filter >
< action android:name = "android.intent.action.MAIN" />
< category android:name = "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</ intent-filter >
</ activity >
</ application >
</ manifest >
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Step 3: Working with the activity_main.xml file
Navigate to the app > res > layout > activity_main.xml and add the below code to that file. Below is the code for the activity_main.xml file. As such, no changes are required and kept untouched.
XML
<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8" ?>
< androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width = "match_parent"
android:layout_height = "match_parent"
tools:context = ".MainActivity" >
< TextView
android:layout_width = "wrap_content"
android:layout_height = "wrap_content"
android:text = "Hello Geek!"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf = "parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf = "parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf = "parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf = "parent" />
</ androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout >
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Step 4: Working with the MainActivity.kt file
Go to the MainActivity.kt file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the MainActivity.kt file. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.
Kotlin
package org.geeksforgeeks.orientationchange
import android.content.res.Configuration
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import android.widget.Toast
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super .onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
}
override fun onConfigurationChanged(newConfig: Configuration) {
super .onConfigurationChanged(newConfig)
if (newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
Toast.makeText(baseContext, "Landscape Mode" , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
} else if (newConfig.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) {
Toast.makeText(baseContext, "Portrait Mode" , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
}
}
}
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Output:
You can see that the program listens to orientation change and generates toast messages.
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