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title: Screen Orientation description: Set the screen orientation

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Cordova Screen Orientation Plugin

Cordova plugin to set/lock the screen orientation in a common way for iOS, Android, and windows-uwp. This plugin is based on Screen Orientation API so the api matches the current spec.

The plugin adds the following to the screen object (window.screen):

1// lock the device orientation
2.orientation.lock('portrait')
3
4// unlock the orientation
5.orientation.unlock()
6
7// current orientation
8.orientation

Install

1cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-screen-orientation

Supported Orientations

portrait-primary

The orientation is in the primary portrait mode.

portrait-secondary

The orientation is in the secondary portrait mode.

landscape-primary

The orientation is in the primary landscape mode.

landscape-secondary

The orientation is in the secondary landscape mode.

portrait

The orientation is either portrait-primary or portrait-secondary (sensor).

landscape

The orientation is either landscape-primary or landscape-secondary (sensor).

any

orientation is unlocked - all orientations are supported.

Usage

1// set to either landscape
2screen.orientation.lock('landscape');
3
4// allow user rotate
5screen.orientation.unlock();
6
7// access current orientation
8console.log('Orientation is ' + screen.orientation.type);

Events

Both android and iOS will fire the orientationchange event on the window object. For this version of the plugin use the window object if you require notification.

Example usage

1window.addEventListener("orientationchange", function(){
2    console.log(screen.orientation.type); // e.g. portrait
3});

The 'change' event listener has also been added to the screen.orientation object.

Example usage

1screen.orientation.addEventListener('change', function(){
2    console.log(screen.orientation.type); // e.g. portrait
3});
4    // OR
5
6screen.orientation.onchange = function(){console.log(screen.orientation.type);
7};
8

Android Notes

The screen.orientation property will not update when the phone is rotated 180 degrees.

Windows UWP Notes

Windows store apps (windows-uwp) will only display orientation changes if the device has some sort of accelerometer. The internal state of the "orientation" will still be kept, but the actual screen won't rotate unless the device supports it.