What is screen orientation in android

Screen Orientation, also known as screen rotation, is the attribute of activity element in android. When screen orientation change from one state to other, it is also known as configuration change.

1. What is a screen orientation?
2. What happens when screen orientation changes in Android?
3. How do you use screen orientation?
4. What is screen orientation full sensor?

What is a screen orientation?

Screen Orientation is defined as the orientation in which graphics are painted on the device. For example, the figure below has a device in a vertical and horizontal physical orientation, but a portrait screen orientation. For physical device orientation, see the orientation section of Device Motion.

What happens when screen orientation changes in Android?

Some device configurations can change during runtime (such as screen orientation, keyboard availability, and when the user enables multi-window mode). When such a change occurs, Android restarts the running Activity ( onDestroy() is called, followed by onCreate() ).

How do you use screen orientation?

Select Start > Settings > System > Display, and choose a screen orientation from the drop-down list labelled Orientation.

What is screen orientation full sensor?

The orientation of the display depends on how the user is holding the device; it changes when the user rotates the device. Some devices, though, will not rotate to all four possible orientations, by default. To allow all four orientations, use "fullSensor".