Friday, January 11, 2008

Rotate Android Screen to Landscape/Portrait

Here are some tips of android screen rotation.

On the emulator, after the Android system is started up, open another command window, type the following command line in the adb shell to change the screen to landscape:
# service call window 18 i32 1
type the following command line to change the screen to portrait:
# service call window 18 i32 0

24 comments:

Tachyon said...

Or you could just hit 7 or 9 on your keypad to switch:
http://code.google.com/android/reference/emulator.html#controlling

Sandy_Android said...

When I enter the 'service call' command, I get a response Result: 'Parcel(00000000 '....'), with no change to the emulator display.
Also, 7 or 9 on the keypad simply brings up the Contacts application - ??
What am I doing wrong?

rabbia said...

hi,
just off ur Num Lock key & press 7/9 at numeric keypad to see the rotation effect on emulator
bye

Sandy_Android said...

Thanks for your response. Any idea if you can resize the display after the emulator starts? For example, switch from 320x480 -> 800x480?

deenybird said...

thanks rabia for your advice

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Godlessons said...

I know this is old, but you can hit ctrl-f12 to rotate the screen in the emulator while it is running.

Jair said...

7 or 9 works perfectly!.. :)

Vince said...

@GodLessons: That is the only solution that worked for me...thanks!

suresh said...

Hi Every body........
Ctrl+F12 is the perfect key to rotate the emulator.......
bye
Thanks & Regards
Suresh.g

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shriAndroid said...

any idea about potrait to landscape in mac os, i want my whole application should be display in landscape mode.

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cryptognome said...

On a Mac without a key pad, you may also need the 'fn' key: fn-ctrl-F11, fn-ctrl-F12

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Anonymous said...

Thanks Rabia for ur help :)

Riscsys Information Technologies said...

Hi I 'm so tired because I have an MK802 Deivce and I2m using an monitor which support HDMI IN but I still have an problem Screen don't rotate from landscape to portrait. Can anyone help me? Please...

Unknown said...

try

adb root
adb shell am display-size 640x480
adb shell am display-size 1920x1080
adb shell am display-size 1280x720
adb shell am display-size reset

Unknown said...

To resize the screen try

adb root
adb shell am display-size 640x480
adb shell am display-size 1920x1080
adb shell am display-size 1280x720
adb shell am display-size reset

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