{"id":23089,"date":"2017-05-22T18:58:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=23089"},"modified":"2017-05-22T18:58:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:28:12","slug":"how-to-control-screen-rotation-in-different-apps-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-control-screen-rotation-in-different-apps-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Control Screen Rotation in Different Apps on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s no native way to do that. However, the good news is, there\u2019s a way!<\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p>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,\u00a0 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\u2019s how to do it:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"enable-the-ultimate-rotation-control-app\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Enable the Ultimate Rotation Control app:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Firstly, you will have to install the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=nl.fameit.rotate&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultimate Rotation Control app<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from the Play Store. The app is available for a free 7-day trial, after which you\u2019ll have to buy the\u00a0license key (<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=nl.fameit.rotate_license&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$2.99<\/a><\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>When you first open the app, you will have to grant it access in the Accessibility settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1-399.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1-399.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1-399-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Once done, the app will open up and you will see a plethora of options. To turn on the app\u2019s rotation settings, you can toggle the switch at the top right.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2-336.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2-336.png 320w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2-336-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"set-an-orientation-globally\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Set an orientation globally:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The first option in the app is \u201cGlobal rotation\u201d, which lets you set a screen orientation\u00a0all across the interface.\u00a0Here are the different screen orientation\u00a0options available with the app:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Auto<\/strong>: the normal screen rotation option that goes with Android\u2019s preferences.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Forced Auto<\/strong>: It enabled auto mode all across and forces other apps to follow it even if they have their own preference.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Forced 3\/4 Auto<\/strong>: Auto mode with only\u00a0portrait, landscape and reverse landscape modes (only for smartphones)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lock Current<\/strong>: As the name suggests, locks the screen in current orientation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Auto Portrait<\/strong>: Automatically\u00a0switches from portrait to reverse portrait.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Portrait<\/strong>: Locks into the portrait mode.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reverse Portrait<\/strong>: Locks the screen in reverse portrait.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Auto Landscape<\/strong>: Automatically switches between landscape and reverse landscape.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reverse Landscape<\/strong>: Locks the screen in reverse landscape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3-316.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3-316.png 320w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3-316-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"set-screen-orientation-for-specific-apps\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Set screen orientation for specific apps:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>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,\u00a0 here tap on \u201cPer App settings\u201d 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\u2019s it and once done, the app will always open in the selected screen orientation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/4-292.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/4-292.png 320w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/4-292-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"set-rotation-for-special-cases\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Set rotation for special cases:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The app lets you choose screen orientation for the <strong>lockscreen<\/strong>\u00a0and for situations like <strong>when the device is docked, a keyboard is attached, when headphones are plugged in and when the device is charging<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5-267.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5-267.png 320w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5-267-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 In addition, the application additionally conveys gadgets to give you a chance to control things from the homescreen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/6-234.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/6-234.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/6-234-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"now-control-screen-rotation-according-to-your-choice\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Now control screen rotation\u00a0according to your\u00a0choice:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>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\u00a0 rotation control apps like <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.pranavpandey.rotation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotation \u2013 Orientation Manager<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.crape.rotationcontrol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotation Control<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.meerkat.rotationmanager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotation Manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Control Screen Rotation in Different Apps on Android &#8211; Mobile &#8211; If there\u2019s one thing that gets on the nerve of practically everybody while utilizing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1791,46018],"tags":[66753,66758,66755,66761,66759,66760,66770,66769,66767,66762,66765,66768,66763,66750,66747,66751,66749,66754,66766,66757,66756,66752,66764,66771,66772,66748],"class_list":["post-23089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","category-mobile","tag-android-orientation","tag-app-rotation","tag-auto-rotate-app","tag-auto-rotate-screen","tag-auto-screen","tag-auto-screen-rotation","tag-computer-screen-rotated","tag-desktop-screen-rotation","tag-flip-screen","tag-google-rotate","tag-how-to-tilt-screen","tag-rotate-desktop-screen","tag-rotate-google","tag-rotate-screen-windows-10","tag-rotate-screen-windows-7","tag-rotate-screen-windows-8","tag-rotate-windows-screen","tag-rotation-app","tag-screen-orientation","tag-screen-rotate-app","tag-screen-rotation-app","tag-screen-rotation-in-windows","tag-tilt-screen","tag-turn-off-auto-rotate","tag-turn-on-auto-rotate","tag-windows-screen-rotation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}