Switching to landscape mode in Android Emulator
This is probably a pretty easy to answer question, but I can't find the solution myself after a couple hours of searching the documentation and Google. I set the orientation of my Android app to landscape
in the AndroidManifest.xml
file:
android:screenOrientation="landscape"
However, when I run the app in the simulator, it appears sideways and in portrait mode. How can I switch the emulator to landscape
mode on a mac
? It's running the 1.6 SDK.
Try:
- ctrl+fn+F11 on Mac to change the landscape to portrait and vice versa.
- left-ctrl+F11on Windows 7.
- ctrl+F11on Linux.
For Mac users, you only need to use the fn key if the setting "Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as function keys" (under System Preferences -> Keyboard) is checked.
- left-ctrl+F11on Windows 7 It works fine in Windows 7 for android emulator to change the landscape orientation to portrait and vice versa.
Not sure about your question - "sideways" is the same as "landscape".
If you mean how to switch during runtime:
- Switch to previous layout orientation (for example, portrait, landscape): KEYPAD_7, Ctrl + F11
- Switch to next layout orientation (for example, portrait, landscape): KEYPAD_9, Ctrl + F12
From docs.
Just use 9 in numeric keyboard with num-lock off.
7 rotates in the opposite direction.