In cupcake there will be an on-screen keyboard that can be used. I wouldn't suggest relying on that, though.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Michael Bollmann < [email protected]> wrote: > > hmm... any suggestions what to do when you got a 98% portrait app that > needs > 2% text input? > > On Apr 8, 12:35 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can't do this. When you change the orientation, you are rotating the > > entire screen. > > > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Michael Bollmann < > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks very much. This solved a part of the problem but it's still > > > pretty bad. > > > > > Sub is actually a dialog. > > > So when Sub is opened the windowmanager or whoever tries to flip > > > Main which is visible behind Sub. > > > However Main is not suitable for landscape and the paint thread of > > > Main is already > > > sleeping at this point. > > > > > What i want is that Main is left alone and the windowmanager should > > > only > > > flip the dialog. > > > > > Main is configured as android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden| > > > orientation" > > > so i read Context.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation at > > > onConfigurationChanged > > > which says "user" inside Main which is absolutely wrong since i want > > > Main to be locked > > > in portrait. > > > > > Another problem is that it takes about 10 times longer to open Sub in > > > landscape compared > > > to portrait accompanied with the following line in logcat. > > > WARN/SurfaceFlinger(12402): timeout expired mFreezeDisplay=0, > > > mFreezeCount=1 > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > On Apr 7, 11:06 pm, Ward Willats <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Set android:screenOrientation on sub to "user" > > > > > > >Let's assume i got two activities "Main" and "Sub" > > > > >Activity "Main" is forced into portrait orientation using > > > > >setRequestedOrientation > > > > >At some later point "Main" runs "Sub" using startActivityForResult > > > > > > >Somehow "Sub" also starts in portrait orientation while i would > expect > > > > >the call > > > > >to setRequestedOrientation only to affect the calling activity. > > > > > > >How do i get "Sub" to respect the system orientation while keeping > > > > >"Main" locked in Portrait? > > > > > > >Thanks in advance > > > > >Michael > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > and > > answer them. > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
