If there’s one thing that gets on the nerve of practically everybody while utilizing cell phones, it must be screen revolution. While things have enhanced since the yesteryears when there was no real way to turn off screen rotation, it’s still not as flexible as we want it to be. Need to utilize a particular application in scene mode, while some other application just in picture mode? Well, sadly there’s no native way to do that. However, the good news is, there’s a way!
[ad type=”banner”]There are a few apps that enable you to force a screen orientation mode all across the interface but we like Ultimate Rotation Control the most, because of the way that it lets you pre-characterize the screen introduction of particular applications. So, if you have always wanted to control screen rotation in different apps on Android, here’s how to do it:
Enable the Ultimate Rotation Control app:
- Firstly, you will have to install the Ultimate Rotation Control app from the Play Store. The app is available for a free 7-day trial, after which you’ll have to buy the license key ($2.99).
- When you first open the app, you will have to grant it access in the Accessibility settings.
- Once done, the app will open up and you will see a plethora of options. To turn on the app’s rotation settings, you can toggle the switch at the top right.
Set an orientation globally:
The first option in the app is “Global rotation”, which lets you set a screen orientation all across the interface. Here are the different screen orientation options available with the app:
- Auto: the normal screen rotation option that goes with Android’s preferences.
- Forced Auto: It enabled auto mode all across and forces other apps to follow it even if they have their own preference.
- Forced 3/4 Auto: Auto mode with only portrait, landscape and reverse landscape modes (only for smartphones)
- Lock Current: As the name suggests, locks the screen in current orientation.
- Auto Portrait: Automatically switches from portrait to reverse portrait.
- Portrait: Locks into the portrait mode.
- Reverse Portrait: Locks the screen in reverse portrait.
- Auto Landscape: Automatically switches between landscape and reverse landscape.
- Reverse Landscape: Locks the screen in reverse landscape.
Set screen orientation for specific apps:
As we mentioned, Ultimate Rotation Control lets you set different screen orientation ffor various applications. In the application, you will discover a for each application segment, here tap on “Per App settings” and you will see a list of all the apps installed. Then, you can tap on an app and pick a screen orientation from the aforementioned choices. That’s it and once done, the app will always open in the selected screen orientation.
Set rotation for special cases:
The app lets you choose screen orientation for the lockscreen and for situations like when the device is docked, a keyboard is attached, when headphones are plugged in and when the device is charging.
Other than that, you can choose to see a notification menu, which gives you a chance to change screen pivot settings in a hurry. You can also choose to see toast messages when the app switches screen orientations. In addition, the application additionally conveys gadgets to give you a chance to control things from the homescreen.
Now control screen rotation according to your choice:
As you might have noticed, the Universal Rotation Control application is really clear and simple to utilize. In our utilization, the application had exactly the intended effect. However, if you are looking for free alternatives, you can look at other rotation control apps like Rotation – Orientation Manager, Rotation Control and Rotation Manager.