Switching to landscape mode in Android Emulator
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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.
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
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.
Solution 2 - Android
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.
Solution 3 - Android
Just use 9 in numeric keyboard with num-lock off.
7 rotates in the opposite direction.
Solution 4 - Android
Android Emulator Shortcuts
Ctrl+F11 Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape backwards
Ctrl+F12 Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape forwards
- Main Device Keys
Home Home Button
F2 Left Softkey / Menu / Settings button (or PgUp)
Shift+F2 Right Softkey / Star button (or PgDn)
Esc Back Button
F3 Call/ dial Button
F4 Hang up / end call button
F5 Search Button
- Other Device Keys
Ctrl+F5 Volume up (or + on numeric keyboard with Num Lock off) Ctrl+F6 Volume down (or + on numeric keyboard with Num Lock off) F7 Power Button Ctrl+F3 Camera Button
Ctrl+F11Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape backwards
Ctrl+F12 Switch layout orientation portrait/landscape forwards
F8 Toggle cell network
F9 Toggle code profiling
Alt+Enter Toggle fullscreen mode
F6 Toggle trackball mode
Solution 5 - Android
Ctrl+F11 or Ctrl+F12 to change the orientation of the android emulator on windows
Solution 6 - Android
On iMac with long keyboard (keyboard with numeric keypad at the right):
(1) Cmd + 7 (on numeric part of keyboard)
(2) Cmd + 9 (on numeric part of keyboard)
Solution 7 - Android
I'm using Android Studio and none of the suggestions worked. I can turn the emulator but it stays in portrait. I didn't want to add a command in the manifest forcing landscape. The fix for me was:
-
turn the emulator to landscape mode using ctrlF11 (the image will still be in portrait though)
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Open up the camera in the os, it opens up in landscape mode, the only app that does this
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without doing anything else, debug my app from Android Studio and now it shows up in landscape
Solution 8 - Android
Just a little bug (Bug for me) I found on mac emulator.
On changing the orientation to landscape (CtrlCmdF11) it changes to landscape but content shows in portrait format.for that:
Go to emulator: Settings-> Display->When device is rotated->Rotate the contents of the screen
Solution 9 - Android
This is now much more intuitive. The AVD interface now includes a sidebar with various functional shortcuts. The buttons circled in blue will rotate the device clockwise and counterclockwise on the screen.
Solution 10 - Android
I have found that sometimes the CTRL + F11 combination just doesn't do it for me. I have solved it by disabling the keyboard input in the emulator settings.
To do that, go to your emulator settings, klick the "show advanced settings" button and scroll all the way down. Then, disable the "enable keyboard input" option.
After doing that, try to start your emulator again, and the CTRL + F11 combination should work.
Solution 11 - Android
Here are some ways to move landscape on Android Emulator:
1. Mac:
Ctrl + Fn + F11
Keypad 7
orKeypad 9
Ctrl + F12
orCtrl + Fn + F12
Command + 7
orCommand + 9
2. Windows:
Left Ctrl + F11
orCtrl + F12
3. Linux:
Ctrl + F11
4. Android studio :
We can write screenOrientation = "landscape"
in the androidManifest.xml
file.
5. Keyboard:
in side the emulator, turn off the Num-Lock and press Keypad 7
and Keypad 9
.
6. Emulator:
- click the rotate button on the screen shown below.
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click the rotate button on the screen shown below.
Solution 12 - Android
Solution 13 - Android
Ctrl + F11 works wonderfully on Ubuntu / Linux Mint.
Solution 14 - Android
following for different plateform
WINDOWS: Ctrl + F12
LINUX: Ctrl + F12
MAC OS X: control + F12 (or fn + control + F12, depending on your keyboard configuration)
Solution 15 - Android
for windows try left Ctrl key with F11 or F12 or Num off 7
Solution 16 - Android
The complete listing is buried in the android docs, and i only found it via google / dogpile.
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/emulator.html
That link has the emulator shortcut keys as of right now.
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Solution 17 - Android
To rotate the Android Emulator, just disable the Num Lock key and and use the 7 and the 9 in the num pad to rotate the emulator and change its layout from portrait to landscape.
Solution 18 - Android
10 years later, I run into the same problem... For me, the issue is that it was literally disabled in my emulator.
Go to the running emulator, and drag down from the top menu area to make it show the action buttons and notifications. Those action buttons show what features are enabled/disabled, like Wifi, airplane mode, and....rotate.
In my emulator, the 3rd button from the left was the "rotate" button, and it was gray. Once I tapped on it to toggle it on, boom, my app would now switch to landscape mode when I rotated it.
Solution 19 - Android
control+fn+F11 will do. There's no need for "command" key
Solution 20 - Android
In my windows-8 laptop, ctrl + fn + F11 works.
Solution 21 - Android
Ctrl + F12 also works well on linux(ubuntu).
Solution 22 - Android
make sure that your hardware keyboard is enable while creating your AVD
-launch the emulator -install your app -launch your app -make sure that your Num lock is on -Press '7' &'9' from your num pad to change your orientation landscape to portrait & portrait to landscape.
Solution 23 - Android
In my case, i succeeded by doing this:
1- enable 'Auto-Rotate', if it isn´t yet.
2- either use rotation left-right option at panel located next to the virtual device, or click (ctrl + left/right arrow key), in order to rotate the device.
Hope it works for you.
Solution 24 - Android
On the emulator click down at the top and drag down to bring down the menu. the fourth button from the left (Arrows) is the rotate lock. If it is grey click it and it will turn blue.
Then you can click the rotate phone icon on the right-hand sidebar of the emulator and your screen will rotate.
Solution 25 - Android
For those of you with a Chromebook Pixel/Ubuntu/Crouton with no numpad, installing the onboard
keyboard worked for me.
Just press 123 to access the numpad layout, and then press 7
If you're on Unity already, onboard
may already be installed, so just type onboard
from your command line to see if it's there.
If not, just type:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install onboard
PS: The Chromebook Pixel's upper keys were supposed to represent the traditional F1 through F11 function keys on Ubuntu/Crouton, so you may want to try those special hardware keys first (on their own or in combination with Ctrl). It's just that for me, I'm running an old copy of Crouton, and the only function key that seems to be recognized is F6
Solution 26 - Android
If you can not switch to landscape(or portrait) while using ctr+f11/12 Maybe the virtual device (android phone) itself lock the rotation. Going to the android control center (pull down on the home page), and unlock.
Solution 27 - Android
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