android force lauch activity in landscape mode

Question

I'm trying to launch MyActivity in landscape mode. The problem is that it is currently being launched in portrait mode an then it goes to landscape mode.

I have defined MyActivity in AndroidManifest.xml like this:

<activity
        android:name="com.myproject.MyActivity"
        android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"
        android:launchMode="singleTop"
        android:screenOrientation="landscape"
        android:taskAffinity="com.myproject"
        android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" >
</activity>

Is there any way to force the activity to be launched right into landscape mode?

Answer 1

Try overriding the onConfigurationChanged method.

    @Override
    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
        setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
    }