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how to set orientation to chrome custom tab in android?

i have given the fix orientation to my app as a portrait.i am using chrome custom tab to open another site, however this property can not be set to chrome custom tab to remain portrait. it change its orientations.
in manifest i have set activity like
<activity
android:name=".uicontent.carrental.ZoomCarDrawerActivity"
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"
android:launchMode="singleTask"
android:noHistory="false"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" />
thank you.

Stop App Screen Rotate to the Side

My app stops from working for some reason when the phone is rotated to the side and so the app does too. How can I avoid this, making it so it appears only vertically? Thanks a lot

add this to your activities in android manifest :)
android:screenOrientation = "portrait">
Here is a full example:
<activity
android:name=".Activity.MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
</activity>

In your app's manifest file, set activity to be vertical... Its easy...

setRequestedOrientation doesn't lock the orientation

I am trying to lock an activity to landscape mode and have an overlying activity receive and use the orientation changes. The top activity is partly transparent so it is important that the bottom activity locks and is displayed correctly. I have tried to set it programatically with setRequestedOrientation() and in the AndroidManifest.xml with android:screenOrientation="landscape"
When I lock the orientation using the manifest the top activity also locks. When I add android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|keyboardHidden" the top activity changes orientation but so does the bottom activity. Sometimes the bottom activity goes completely blank (transparent) after the orientation changes.
This is in my AndroidManifest.xml:
<application
android:debuggable="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme"
android:screenOrientation="landscape"
android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|keyboardHidden"
android:label="#string/title_activity_main" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".TopActivity"
android:screenOrientation="sensor"
android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|keyboardHidden"
android:theme="#style/Theme.Transparent">
</activity>
</application>
MainActivity is the bottom activity. How do I properly handle the orientation changes so that the single activities are locked the way I set them to?

just add screenOrientation to the activity which you don't want to rotate on orientation change in the manifest file like this:
<activity android:name=".Activity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait" />
All other activities will automatically rotate on orientation change.
No need to give screenOrientation for other activities.

1) To disable orientation (i.e. to prevent Android from restarting your activity if the user flips the phone), then specify "configChanges" in your AndroidManifest (like you're already doing, apparently), and then simply don't respond to any changes:
<activity android:name="MainActivity" android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize">
2) Alternatively, let's say you want to force your app to "landscape" mode. Instead of "configChanges", you can specify "screenOrientation"
<activity android:screenOrientation="landscape" ... >
3) Finally, if you want to handle the orientation change, you'll need to a) save state, then b) do whatever processing you need (including, perhaps, notify other activities):
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/runtime-changes.html

Orientation Changes distorted the View in Android device

My app is done in Titanium. I am struggling with a issue which is that when I= launch the App by keeping the device in landscape mode. Then while loading Splash screen it first goest in Landscape mode and when app finally launches Whole UI got distorted by that orientation change. I have added the below line of code in TiApp.xml
<application android:screenOrientation="portrait" android:configChanges="keyboardHidden"/>
even though its rotating. I want to stop the orientation change of that splash screen while launching. Any idea?

In each activity you have to write
<activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" android:screenOrientation="landscape" />
Hope it help!!

Try this. Add you custom androidManifest.xml For custom xml
and add this line in androidManifest.xml and run I think this is very useful for you.
<activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden" android:name="org.appcelerator.titanium.TiActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait"/>
<activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden" android:name="ti.modules.titanium.ui.TiTabActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait"/>
Cheers

Lock Horizontal View

I want to lock horizontal view in my app, is it possible?
Help is highly appreciated,
Thanks,

Use android:screenOrientation="landscape" attribute for your activity.

add this code in your menifest...
<activity android:name=".activity"
android:configChanges="orientation" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>

For new android Studio 3 and above
you need to put these lines in AndroidManifest.xml code if you want to set the orientation to portrait
One thing this is sensor portrait, means both upside - downside will work.
But if you only want to put portrait for upside then, replace sensorPortrait to portrait
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:configChanges="orientation"
android:screenOrientation="sensorPortrait"
tools:ignore="LockedOrientationActivity">
Same goes for only landscape too
just one parameter change portrait to landscape
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:configChanges="orientation"
android:screenOrientation= "sensorLandscape"
tools:ignore="LockedOrientationActivity">