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Is the default orientation for mobile devices hardware or software specific?

Neither Apple nor Google does not advocate the use of a specific orientation for their devices as a default. Material design only guides that layout should adjust to suit the screen size and ...
Pavlo Grubyi's user avatar
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Is the default orientation for mobile devices hardware or software specific?

On a hardware level there is no orientation set. They are firmware defined. Taking for example monitors for PC`s, you can change orientation from the monitor settings. For mobile phones, the default ...
Chris's user avatar
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Is the default orientation for mobile devices hardware or software specific?

It is based on what developer chose how the activity behavior. In manifest.xml file you can force the app to portrait or landscape or none of them, which is sensor! I didn't find any code to apply ...
Hossein Malakalaie's user avatar
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Best practice for game navigation - portrait orientation for menus and landscape for actual game screen?

Is it physically possible to play your game with one hand? e.g., while standing on a bus, carrying bags, walking the dog? If so then flipping orientations will annoy users and lead to dropped phones. ...
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Best practice for game navigation - portrait orientation for menus and landscape for actual game screen?

I would not advise to force a view in portrait mode when the game is running on landscape. This is can rather frustration to expect to using to flip their phone when browsing the menu (how often do ...
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