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Android landscape screen 180° rotation

I need to know when my Android device screen is rotated from one landscape to another (rotation_90 to rotation_270).
In my Android service, I reimplemented onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) to be aware of the rotation of the device. But this method is only called by the system if the device is rotated from ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT to ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE, and not if it is rotated from ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE (90°) to the other ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE (270°) !!
How can I be called in this case?
Thanks.

You can enable an OrientationEventListener to your activity.
OrientationEventListener mOrientationListener = new OrientationEventListener(this, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL) {
#Override
public void onOrientationChanged(int orientation) {
Log.v(TAG, "Orientation changed to " + orientation);
if (orientation == OrientationEventListener.ORIENTATION_UNKNOWN) {
return;
}
int degrees = -1;
if (orientation < 45 || orientation > 315) {
Log.i(TAG, "Portrait");
} else if (orientation < 135) {
degrees = 90;
Log.i(TAG, "Landscape"); // This can be reverse landscape
} else if (orientation < 225) {
degrees = 180;
Log.i(TAG, "Reverse Portrait");
} else {
degrees = 270;
Log.i(TAG, "Reverse Landscape"); // This can be landscape
}
}
};
if (mOrientationListener.canDetectOrientation() == true) {
Log.v(TAG, "Can detect orientation");
mOrientationListener.enable();
} else {
Log.v(TAG, "Cannot detect orientation");
mOrientationListener.disable();
}

You can save previous orientation as int member variable by using this code:
int oldRotation = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();
And then check if the device was rotated from one landscape mode to another.
if(rotation == Surface.ROTATION_90 || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_270) {
int newRotation = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();
if(newRotation != oldRotation) {
// rotation from 90 to 270, or from 270 to 90
}
oldRotation = newRotation;
}

How to get true rotation of the activity relative to the device's body

My application uses camera. To display the camera's preview the way the right way I must account for activity orientation relative to the physical device orientation. I. e. if the activity orientation is locked and never changes, I need not take any further steps - as the device rotates, preview image will rotate accordingly. However, imagine my activity is allowed to change orientation. You rotate the device - and preview - until you reach portrait mode (assuming it was landscape originally), at which point activity rotates to accommodate the new orientation. But preview image rotates with it, and now it's out of sync with the camera and surrounding reality. What I must do is determine activity orientation and rotate the image accordingly.
It seems that Display.getRotation() can be used for that. But apparently, it cannot: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-developers/ij_0QbApKKc
The problem is that the point of origin is not fixed by Android API. Some tablets return rotation of 0 in normal orientation (landscape, volume buttons up), and some others (like my Nexus 7 2013) return 1.
How can I solve this problem?

You can determinate orientation using OrientationEventListener Something just like this
mOrientationEventListener = new OrientationEventListener(context, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL) {
#Override
public void onOrientationChanged(int orientation) {
// determine our orientation based on sensor response
Display display = ((WindowManager)getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
if (display.getOrientation() == Surface.ROTATION_0) { // landscape oriented devices
isLandscapeOriented = true;
if (orientation >= 315 || orientation < 45) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL;
}
} else if (orientation < 315 && orientation >= 225) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED;
}
} else if (orientation < 225 && orientation >= 135) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED;
}
} else if (orientation <135 && orientation > 45) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL;
}
}
} else { // portrait oriented devices
if (orientation >= 315 || orientation < 45) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL;
}
} else if (orientation < 315 && orientation >= 225) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL;
}
} else if (orientation < 225 && orientation >= 135) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED;
}
} else if (orientation <135 && orientation > 45) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED;
}
}
}
}
};
}
if (mOrientationEventListener.canDetectOrientation()) {
mOrientationEventListener.enable();
}
Don`t forget to call mOrientationEventListener.disable();
EDIT:
public static void setCameraDisplayOrientation(Activity activity,
int cameraId, android.hardware.Camera camera) {
android.hardware.Camera.CameraInfo info =
new android.hardware.Camera.CameraInfo();
android.hardware.Camera.getCameraInfo(cameraId, info);
int result;
if (info.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {
result = (info.orientation + degrees) % 360;
result = (360 - result) % 360; // compensate the mirror
} else { // back-facing
int rotation = activity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay()
.getRotation();
int degrees = 0;
switch (rotation) {
case Surface.ROTATION_0: degrees = 0; break;
case Surface.ROTATION_90: degrees = 90; break;
case Surface.ROTATION_180: degrees = 180; break;
case Surface.ROTATION_270: degrees = 270; break;
}
result = (info.orientation - degrees + 360) % 360;
}
camera.setDisplayOrientation(result);
}

Detect screen orientation in Android 2.2+

I have some problem with screen orientation. Basically what I am trying to do is to determine exact screen orientation (including reverse landscape and reverse portrait). I wrote method below to do it for me and it seems to work perfectly on my Transformer however when I start same code on emulator some things are messed.
Basically what is happening is that whenever in emulator I switch to landscape (ROTATION_90) according to documentation it is supposed to be reverse landscape (and for example on Transformer with ROTATION_90 device is in reverse portrait as Android documentation describes). Unfortunately on emulator for some reason it seems to be normal landscape mode.
So my question is this code below correct ir problem lies in it. Or perhaps I am not taking into account some other parameters (like emulator has barely accelerometer enabled for instance).
public static int getDeviceCurrentOrientation() {
WindowManager lWindowManager = (WindowManager) getContext()
.getSystemService(Activity.WINDOW_SERVICE);
Configuration cfg = getContext().getResources().getConfiguration();
int lRotation = lWindowManager.getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();
int rotation1;
int orientation;
rotation1 = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED;
if (cfg.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)
rotation1 = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
else if (cfg.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)
rotation1 = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
else
rotation1 = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED;
switch (lRotation) {
case Surface.ROTATION_0:
orientation = 0;
break;
case Surface.ROTATION_90:
orientation = 1;
break;
case Surface.ROTATION_180:
orientation = 2;
break;
case Surface.ROTATION_270:
orientation = 3;
break;
default:
orientation = -1;
}
if ((orientation == 0)
&& (rotation1 == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE))
return ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
if ((orientation == 0)
&& (rotation1 == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT))
return ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
if ((orientation == 1)
&& (rotation1 == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT))
return ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT;
if ((orientation == 1)
&& (rotation1 == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE))
return ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE;
if ((orientation == 2)
&& (rotation1 == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT))
return ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT;
if ((orientation == 2)
&& (rotation1 == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE))
return ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE;
if ((orientation == 3)
&& (rotation1 == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT))
return ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
if ((orientation == 3)
&& (rotation1 == ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE))
return ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
return ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED;
}

I had similar problem and after hours of crunching......
I found this nice solution >>
Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
int rotation = display.getRotation();
Point size = new Point();
display.getSize(size);
int lock = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_0
|| rotation == Surface.ROTATION_180) {
// if rotation is 0 or 180 and width is greater than height, we have
// a tablet
if (size.x > size.y) {
if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_0) {
lock = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
} else {
lock = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE;
}
} else {
// we have a phone
if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_0) {
lock = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
} else {
lock = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT;
}
}
} else {
// if rotation is 90 or 270 and width is greater than height, we
// have a phone
if (size.x > size.y) {
if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_90) {
lock = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
} else {
lock = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE;
}
} else {
// we have a tablet
if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_90) {
lock = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT;
} else {
lock = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
}
}
}

Screen orientation lock

Is there a reliable way to lock screen orientation on all Android devices? The code below works for my Nexus S and other phones, but for some reason ROTATION_90 corresponds to SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT on the Xoom.
Is there any way to reliably map rotation to orientation?
private void lockScreenOrientation() {
if (!mScreenOrientationLocked) {
final int orientation = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
final int rotation = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getOrientation();
if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_0 || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_90) {
if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
}
else if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
}
}
else if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_180 || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_270) {
if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT);
}
else if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE);
}
}
mScreenOrientationLocked = true;
}
}
private void unlockScreenOrientation() {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR);
mScreenOrientationLocked = false;
}
EDIT: This code is meant to get the current orientation and lock it. The orientation is locked temporarily, and then released to the user.

Here is my solution it works on phones and tablets in any Android SDK.
switch (getResources().getConfiguration().orientation){
case Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT:
if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.FROYO){
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
} else {
int rotation = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();
if(rotation == android.view.Surface.ROTATION_90|| rotation == android.view.Surface.ROTATION_180){
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT);
} else {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
}
}
break;
case Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE:
if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.FROYO){
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
} else {
int rotation = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();
if(rotation == android.view.Surface.ROTATION_0 || rotation == android.view.Surface.ROTATION_90){
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
} else {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE);
}
}
break;
}

I modified diyism's answers slightly to compensate for the fact that you can't use reverse_landscape and reverse_portrait modes before version 2.3
private static void disableRotation(Activity activity)
{
final int orientation = activity.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
final int rotation = activity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getOrientation();
// Copied from Android docs, since we don't have these values in Froyo 2.2
int SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE = 8;
int SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT = 9;
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= Build.VERSION_CODES.FROYO)
{
SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
}
if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_0 || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_90)
{
if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)
{
activity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
}
else if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)
{
activity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
}
}
else if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_180 || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_270)
{
if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)
{
activity.setRequestedOrientation(SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT);
}
else if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)
{
activity.setRequestedOrientation(SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE);
}
}
}
private static void enableRotation(Activity activity)
{
activity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED);
}

for a temporarily screen lock you can easily use:
//developing for android tablets **<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="12" />**
//works perfectly... **WATCH OUT**: look portrait to reverse-portrait on api level 13 :)
currentActivity.setRequestedOrientation(currentActivity.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation);
//to re-enable sensor, just do:
currentActivity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_SENSOR);
used it for a temp screen lock during showing dialog and doing important background work..
be sure that currentActivity is valid at the time you try to access it, otherwise it wont work :)
good luck :)

// Works on all devices. The other solution only works on 1/2 of the devices.
// Lock orientation
int rotation = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();
lockOrientation(rotation, Surface.ROTATION_270);
// Ensure that the rotation hasn't changed
if (getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRotation() != rotation) {
lockOrientation(rotation, Surface.ROTATION_90);
}
// ...
private void lockOrientation(int originalRotation, int naturalOppositeRotation) {
int orientation = getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) {
// Are we reverse?
if (originalRotation == Surface.ROTATION_0 || originalRotation == naturalOppositeRotation) {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
} else {
setReversePortrait();
}
} else {
// Are we reverse?
if (originalRotation == Surface.ROTATION_0 || originalRotation == naturalOppositeRotation) {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
} else {
setReverseLandscape();
}
}
}
#SuppressLint("InlinedApi")
private void setReversePortrait() {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 9) {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT);
} else {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
}
}
#SuppressLint("InlinedApi")
private void setReverseLandscape() {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 9) {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE);
} else {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
}
}

Use: setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_FULL_SENSOR) because Orientation is determined by a physical orientation sensor: the display will rotate based on how the user moves the device. This allows any of the 4 possible rotations, regardless of what the device will normally do (for example some devices won't normally use 180 degree rotation). And your code should work on Xoom too ...

This solution only builds on others. It is a different way to handle the problem enl8enmentnow tackled: on some devices landscape is ROTATION_90, but on (a few) others it is ROTATION_270. When I tried something like enl8enmentnow's solution on a Kindle Fire HD 7", it made the screen rotate upside down, then immediately back. I have seen no other ideas than to hard-code which devices consider landscape to be 270, so here is that hard-coded solution:
public static void unlockOrientation() {
activity.setRequestedOrientation(
ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED);
}
public static void lockOrientation() {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 18) {
activity.setRequestedOrientation(getOrientation());
} else {
activity.setRequestedOrientation(
ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LOCKED);
}
}
private static int getOrientation() {
int port = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
int revP = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT;
int land = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
int revL = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE;
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 9) {
revL = land;
revP = port;
} else if (isLandscape270()) {
land = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE;
revL = ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
}
Display display = activity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
boolean wide = activity.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
switch (display.getRotation()) {
case Surface.ROTATION_0:
return wide ? land : port;
case Surface.ROTATION_90:
return wide ? land : revP;
case Surface.ROTATION_180:
return wide ? revL : revP;
case Surface.ROTATION_270:
return wide ? revL : port;
default:
throw new AssertionError();
}
}
private static boolean isLandscape270() {
return android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER.equals("Amazon")
&& !(android.os.Build.MODEL.equals("KFOT") || android.os.Build.MODEL.equals("Kindle Fire"));
}
isLandscape270() detects whether the device is a 2nd generation Kindle or later (refer to this link, getting the MODEL from this link). I do not know if other devices should also be included; please comment if you know of any.
Also, on APIs >= 18 this simply uses setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LOCKED). I have only tested that on emulators; please comment if it has problems on real devices.

You can declare an Activity as being only landscape or portrait in your AndroidManifest.xml. Just add the screenOrientation attribute to the activity element:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html

My solution:
int orientation=act.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation;
int rotation=act.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getOrientation();
if (orientation==Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)
{if (rotation==Surface.ROTATION_0 || rotation==Surface.ROTATION_270) //0 for phone, 270 for tablet
{act.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
}
else
{act.setRequestedOrientation(9);//instead of SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT when <= android 2.2
}
}
else
{if (rotation==Surface.ROTATION_90 || rotation==Surface.ROTATION_0) //90 for phone, 0 for tablet
{act.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
}
else
{act.setRequestedOrientation(8);//instead of SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE when <= android 2.2
}
}

android camera surfaceview orientation

Ok so I have a class that extends SurfaceView and overrides
surfaceChanged - just calls startPreview
surfaceCreated - opens camera, edits params *, sets surfaceHolder
surfaceDestroyed - calls stopPreview, release camera
this all work great because when the orientation is Portrait:
from surfaceCreated *
m_camera = Camera.open();
Camera.Parameters p = m_camera.getParameters();
if (getResources().getConfiguration().orientation !=
Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)
{
p.set("orientation", "portrait");
// CameraApi is a wrapper to check for backwards compatibility
if (CameraApi.isSetRotationSupported())
{
CameraApi.setRotation(p, 90);
}
}
However, everytime the orientation changes it calls Camera.open()... which as you may know is quite an expensive operation, causing the transitions to be not so smooth.
When i force the orientation to landscape, the preview is great. Create only gets called once which works because the preview is in landscape the camera is always what the user sees. However, I need a way to set the orientation of the actual picture taken when in portrait. When I force landscape though, the surface never gets recreated and the parameters are never set when the camera is held in portrait.
So how can I do one of the following (exclusively)?
Hold onto m_camera between onDestroy and onCreate when orientation changes so that the transition is smooth
Force landscape and detect orientation changes another way... rotating the final snaped picture if held in portrait.
Also, if I am off base can someone point me in a better direction? Thank you.

The way I implemented it:
private Camera mCamera;
private OrientationEventListener mOrientationEventListener;
private int mOrientation = -1;
private static final int ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL = 1;
private static final int ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED = 2;
private static final int ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL = 3;
private static final int ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED = 4;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// force Landscape layout
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_NOSENSOR | ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
/*
Your other initialization code here
*/
}
#Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (mOrientationEventListener == null) {
mOrientationEventListener = new OrientationEventListener(this, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_NORMAL) {
#Override
public void onOrientationChanged(int orientation) {
// determine our orientation based on sensor response
int lastOrientation = mOrientation;
if (orientation >= 315 || orientation < 45) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL;
}
}
else if (orientation < 315 && orientation >= 225) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL;
}
}
else if (orientation < 225 && orientation >= 135) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED;
}
}
else { // orientation <135 && orientation > 45
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED;
}
}
if (lastOrientation != mOrientation) {
changeRotation(mOrientation, lastOrientation);
}
}
};
}
if (mOrientationEventListener.canDetectOrientation()) {
mOrientationEventListener.enable();
}
}
#Override protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
mOrientationEventListener.disable();
}
/**
* Performs required action to accommodate new orientation
* #param orientation
* #param lastOrientation
*/
private void changeRotation(int orientation, int lastOrientation) {
switch (orientation) {
case ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL:
mSnapButton.setImageDrawable(getRotatedImage(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_camera, 270));
mBackButton.setImageDrawable(getRotatedImage(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_revert, 270));
Log.v("CameraActivity", "Orientation = 90");
break;
case ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL:
mSnapButton.setImageResource(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_camera);
mBackButton.setImageResource(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_revert);
Log.v("CameraActivity", "Orientation = 0");
break;
case ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED:
mSnapButton.setImageDrawable(getRotatedImage(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_camera, 90));
mBackButton.setImageDrawable(getRotatedImage(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_revert, 90));
Log.v("CameraActivity", "Orientation = 270");
break;
case ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED:
mSnapButton.setImageDrawable(getRotatedImage(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_camera, 180));
mBackButton.setImageDrawable(getRotatedImage(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_revert, 180));
Log.v("CameraActivity", "Orientation = 180");
break;
}
}
/**
* Rotates given Drawable
* #param drawableId Drawable Id to rotate
* #param degrees Rotate drawable by Degrees
* #return Rotated Drawable
*/
private Drawable getRotatedImage(int drawableId, int degrees) {
Bitmap original = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), drawableId);
Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
matrix.postRotate(degrees);
Bitmap rotated = Bitmap.createBitmap(original, 0, 0, original.getWidth(), original.getHeight(), matrix, true);
return new BitmapDrawable(rotated);
}
And then in your PictureCallback set metadata to indicate rotation level:
private Camera.PictureCallback mJpegCallback = new Camera.PictureCallback() {
#Override
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
try {
// Populate image metadata
ContentValues image = new ContentValues();
// additional picture metadata
image.put(Media.DISPLAY_NAME, [picture name]);
image.put(Media.MIME_TYPE, "image/jpg");
image.put(Media.TITLE, [picture title]);
image.put(Media.DESCRIPTION, [picture description]);
image.put(Media.DATE_ADDED, [some time]);
image.put(Media.DATE_TAKEN, [some time]);
image.put(Media.DATE_MODIFIED, [some time]);
// do not rotate image, just put rotation info in
switch (mOrientation) {
case ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL:
image.put(Media.ORIENTATION, 90);
break;
case ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL:
image.put(Media.ORIENTATION, 0);
break;
case ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED:
image.put(Media.ORIENTATION, 270);
break;
case ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED:
image.put(Media.ORIENTATION, 180);
break;
}
// store the picture
Uri uri = getContentResolver().insert(
Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, image);
try {
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0,
data.length);
OutputStream out = getContentResolver().openOutputStream(
uri);
boolean success = bitmap.compress(
Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 75, out);
out.close();
if (!success) {
finish(); // image output failed without any error,
// silently finish
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
// handle exceptions
}
mResultIntent = new Intent();
mResultIntent.setData(uri);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
finish();
}
};
I hope it helps.
UPDATE Now when landscape based devices are appearing an additional check for it is required in OrientationEventListener.
Display display = ((WindowManager)getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
if (display.getOrientation() == Surface.ROTATION_0) {
// landscape oriented devices
} else {
// portrait oriented device
}
Full code (a bit wasteful by LC, but easily demonstrates the approach)
#Override
public void onOrientationChanged(int orientation) {
// determine our orientation based on sensor response
int lastOrientation = mOrientation;
Display display = ((WindowManager)getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
if (display.getOrientation() == Surface.ROTATION_0) { // landscape oriented devices
if (orientation >= 315 || orientation < 45) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL;
}
} else if (orientation < 315 && orientation >= 225) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED;
}
} else if (orientation < 225 && orientation >= 135) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED;
}
} else if (orientation <135 && orientation > 45) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL;
}
}
} else { // portrait oriented devices
if (orientation >= 315 || orientation < 45) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_NORMAL;
}
} else if (orientation < 315 && orientation >= 225) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_NORMAL;
}
} else if (orientation < 225 && orientation >= 135) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT_INVERTED;
}
} else if (orientation <135 && orientation > 45) {
if (mOrientation != ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED) {
mOrientation = ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE_INVERTED;
}
}
}
if (lastOrientation != mOrientation) {
changeRotation(mOrientation, lastOrientation);
}
}

Have you considered using the standard method thats provided in the API doc, which you can call on surfaceChanged? You could store the degrees in a global variable to later use when saving the picture. Also could do a simple null checker on your camera variable, so you don't create it again in surfaceCreated.
public void setCameraDisplayOrientation()
{
if (mCamera == null)
{
Log.d(TAG,"setCameraDisplayOrientation - camera null");
return;
}
Camera.CameraInfo info = new Camera.CameraInfo();
Camera.getCameraInfo(CAM_ID, info);
WindowManager winManager = (WindowManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
int rotation = winManager.getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();
int degrees = 0;
switch (rotation)
{
case Surface.ROTATION_0: degrees = 0; break;
case Surface.ROTATION_90: degrees = 90; break;
case Surface.ROTATION_180: degrees = 180; break;
case Surface.ROTATION_270: degrees = 270; break;
}
int result;
if (info.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT)
{
result = (info.orientation + degrees) % 360;
result = (360 - result) % 360; // compensate the mirror
} else { // back-facing
result = (info.orientation - degrees + 360) % 360;
}
mCamera.setDisplayOrientation(result);
}

As you've seen from the other answers, this code gets very complicated. You may want to investigate using a library to help you provide this feature, for example, CWAC-Camera supports OS 2.3 and up (hopefully you can drop OS 2.1 and OS 2.2 support now):
https://github.com/commonsguy/cwac-camera
CWAC-Camera supports locking the camera preview to landscape, and will auto-rotate images into the correction orientation for you. Browse the project issues if you want a taste of all the device specific problems that need to be solved, which IMO are more reasons for trying to use a library instead of maintaining all this code and testing yourself.