Force User to Capture Image in Landscape mode

Question

I would like my app to force a user to turn their phone sideways to take an image. In other words, I would like the image to be taken in landscape mode. How do I go about this?

At the very least, the image will be taken and saved in landscape even if user does not tilt their phone to the side.

Answer 1

You can simply add this line in your onCreate() method inside your activity

setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);

or if you need portrait write this

setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);