In Android, Screen Orientation is an important aspect where the user would like to run an activity in Fullscreen or a Wide Landscaped mode. Most commonly running applications that can switch between portrait and landscape mode can be Image Viewers, Video Players, Web Browsers, etc.
In such applications, it is important to detect screen orientation to display content likewise.
So in this article, we will show you how you could detect Screen Orientation in Android using Jetpack Compose. Follow the below steps once the IDE is ready.
Steps to Implement Detect Screen Orientation
Step 1: Create a New Project in Android Studio
To create a new project in the Android Studio, please refer to How to Create a new Project in Android Studio with Jetpack Compose.
Step 2: Working with the MainActivity.kt file
Go to the MainActivity.kt file and refer to the following code. Below is the code for the MainActivity.kt file. Comments are added inside the code to understand the code in more detail.
MainActivity.kt:
package com.geeksforgeeks.demo
import android.content.res.Configuration
import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
import androidx.compose.material3.*
import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalConfiguration
import com.geeksforgeeks.demo.ui.theme.DemoTheme
class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContent {
DemoTheme {
SampleScreen()
}
}
}
}
@Composable
fun SampleScreen() {
Column(
modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,
verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center
) {
// Fetching current app configuration
val configuration = LocalConfiguration.current
// When orientation is Landscape
when (configuration.orientation) {
Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE -> {
Text("Landscape")
}
// Other wise
else -> {
Text("Portrait")
}
}
}
}