How to check device natural (default) orientation on Android (i.e. get landscape for e.g., Motorola Charm or Flipout)

Question

I have an activity showing preview from camera, so it need to be set as landscape only. At the bottom (regardless of device rotation) I want to show a text view. I am using OrientationEventListener which gives device's orientation from its natural position. I can implement a solution which works well on portrait default devices but to make it work also on landscape default devices I need to be aware of running on such a device. Thus the question is how to check it?

Answer 1

This method can help:--

public int getDeviceDefaultOrientation() {

    WindowManager windowManager =  (WindowManager) getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);

    Configuration config = getResources().getConfiguration();

    int rotation = windowManager.getDefaultDisplay().getRotation();

    if ( ((rotation == Surface.ROTATION_0 || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_180) &&
            config.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)
        || ((rotation == Surface.ROTATION_90 || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_270) &&    
            config.orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT)) {
      return Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE;
    } else { 
      return Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT;
    }
}