Switching to landscape mode in Android Emulator

Question

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.

Thanks!

Answer 1

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 http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html

Answer 2

To switch to Landscape mode in android emulator u have 2 ways to accomplish.

1> You can create a relative layout such that when you switch from one mode to other it will change accordingly

2> You can create 2 separate XML file both the views and use it whenever required

Answer 3

ctrl+fn+F11 - works on Mac to change the landscape to portrait and vice versa. Thanks for the answer