Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo; import android.content.res.Configuration; import android.view.Surface; public class Main { /** * Untested, taken from stack-overflow. * * @param activity */ public static void disableScreenOrientationChange(Activity activity) { final int orientation = activity.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation; final int rotation = activity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getRotation(); if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_0 || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_90) { if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) { activity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT); } else if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) { activity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE); } } else if (rotation == Surface.ROTATION_180 || rotation == Surface.ROTATION_270) { if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT) { activity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_PORTRAIT); } else if (orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE) { activity.setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_REVERSE_LANDSCAPE); } } } }