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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Still an Android Player (1073) Rotation Problem.

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MikeMax
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Posted: 15th May 2012 03:51
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I still have an orientation problem (staying in portrait mode despite the orientation of my devices) with the android player since the version 107. i have deleted any previous sources version, clean everything (ndk, eclipse project etc)... and no way ...

I followed different posts but i can't resolve the problem.

other details in he Android section :

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=196503&b=46&msg=2349384#m2349384
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DVader
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I don't know if it used to work, but I have never had the orientation work properly if I lock it to landscape. The text entry always comes up in portrait, or worse still not at all :s Surely this should be a fairly easy bug to fix?

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Paul Johnston
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Posted: 15th May 2012 04:31
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If you are compiling in eclipse you can change the orientation in the AndroidManifest.xml file by setting screenOrientation="sensorLandscape". If you are just in tier 1 using SetOrientationAllowed(0,0,1,1) then there is good news for the future as I'm currently investigating a way of making the app a proper landscape app by using this command.
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MikeMax
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Posted: 15th May 2012 05:19
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I'm using Tier1, and it's strange... i was sure that it worked before with old versions before 1070 ... it worked like the iOS player (rotating well in live) no ? i have never noticed any difference on my android devices and iOS devices before ...

but it's a good news if you're working on it !
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DVader
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Good news indeed! You can substitute the keyboard entry with an alternative, but for some things you just want to be able to type! I also have noticed the accelerometer seems to have issues with getdirection. Using getdirectionangle works ok though, so have used that instead.

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polomint
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I agree with DV, I changed all my code to use GetDirectionAngle(), and it all works as expected in Tier1 and 2 now,

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bjadams
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Paul will REAL landscape mode be also implemented on iOS or only on android?
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Mobiius
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Posted: 15th May 2012 13:17
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I've never had issues with landscape apps? They've all worked fine.

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Paul Johnston
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Posted: 15th May 2012 16:19
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Quote: "I've never had issues with landscape apps? They've all worked fine."


Things like the keyboard would always appear in portrait since the app was a fixed portrait app that draw things sideways for landscape. Now it will be a proper landscape app so the keyboard will also be landscape.

Quote: "will REAL landscape mode be also implemented on iOS or only on android?"


I'm attempting to do the same on iOS, but no promises.
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