Dynamic Screen Rotation Finless Rom

[albertabac]

Hi , Thank you for reading this thread!

I need to be able to rotate the screen when pressing a button in an app. I have implemented the solution, it works in a tablet , but it doesn't using this finless rom in mk808b. I have tried modifying the build prop , but then the solution is not dynamic... Is there any change I can do to modify the rom , or something that allows the android tv to be able to rotate dynamically? Thanks!

[Bueno]

edit: nevermind, i misunderstood what you were asking about. I thought you just wanted to force an app in a specific orientation.

[albertabac]

Thank you for your answer! As you mention is dinamically , as with a program is not working... I was thinking doing it modifying an smali file, what do u think? Do you guide me a little bit in the process? Thanks!

[Bueno]

I did some searching and I think I found a solution:

I wanted to be able to cycle between landscape and portrait at the press of a button. Unfortunately I found no tutorials to do so, therefore I had to develop my own method and I wanna share it with the community.

*This doesn't require root permision! : )

This method isnt free but afterwards you can rotate the screen by double tapping the home button.

1: Invest ($1.49) in an app by Coin Soft[I] called "Orientation Control"
1.a After installing open the app to change some settings. Set the switch style to "Cycle". Then select Cycle Settings>Disabled Switch>Auto Rotate.

2: Now download a free app by Hideki Kato called "Home2 Shortcut" and open after installing.

3: Now you need to set up "Home2". For step 1 of the Home2 set-up, select "choose Application>Installed Applications" and set it to "Orientation Switch"

4: Scroll down to step 3 of the Home2 set-up, and select "choose home application" and set it to whatever your preferred launcher is.

5: Finally read step 4 of the Home2 set-up, and do just as is says.

Now you can double tap the home button at anytime and rotate the screen. Hope someone finds this useful ; )

"Home2 Shortcut": https://market.android.com/details?i....home2shortcut
"Orientation Control": https://market.android.com/details?i....orientcontrol

I did not test this, but maybe it will work for you. Maybe you can find a free alternative to the app that costs money.

[albertabac]

Thank you for your research! .

I have tried to install the apps you mention but they are not compatible with my device play store suggest. So I would need to sign them right? To be honest I have already tried with almost all rotation apps , even with xploded app settings and nothing works , so I assume that this solution won't solve my problem too , because it will work similar to the other apps , but maybe I am wrong!

Thanks again for your help , I will add a summary here to mention what I have tried so far, in case it's useful for someone else:


I have tried modifying the build.prop hwrotation and fakerotation , but the result is that I can rotate the screen only using the hwrotation , but apps like "Rotation Locker" still not work.

So what Finless suggested that the only possibility is modifying policy.jar, services.jar .

I have already followed this posts without luck:

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...on-to-vertical

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...ght=#post76755

http://www.armtvtech.com/armtvtechfo...t=352&start=10

I did some searching and I think I found a solution:



I did not test this, but maybe it will work for you. Maybe you can find a free alternative to the app that costs money.

[Bueno]

Changing build.prop to say that your device is a Samsung Galaxy S3 might work to allow it to show up as compatible on the play store, right? There are some instructions explaining how to do this - I can link them if you need. Or did you say that you already tried this? I don't know anything about modifying policy/services .jar.

*I stress the fact that spending money on the app without knowing that it will definitely work is not recommended.

[albertabac]

Don't worry I will look for it myself . But I assume that the problem cannot be solved by an app, it needs to modify the smali files, but if in a couple of days I haven't made any improvment I will buy the app and try this. Thanks again!

Changing build.prop to say that your device is a Samsung Galaxy S3 might work to allow it to show up as compatible on the play store, right? There are some instructions explaining how to do this - I can link them if you need. Or did you say that you already tried this? I don't know anything about modifying policy/services .jar.

*I stress the fact that spending money on the app without knowing that it will definitely work is not recommended.