Android - Emulator in Landscape Mode, Screen Does Not Rotate

Android - Emulator in landscape mode, screen does not rotate

It is a bug with the 2.3 and 4.4 emulators.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13189 [v2.3]
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=61671 [v4.4]

Android Emulator - Screen orientation does not work properly

First off number lock and then press 7 or press 9 and check emulator's orientation is changed and other way to change orientation of emulator is press ctrl+f12.

landscape mode not working in Android Studio Emulator?

Because you need to set also the rotation inside the device in the bottom right part after you click the rotation left/ rotation right in the emulator control.

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Switching to landscape mode in Android Emulator

Try:

• ctrl+fn+F11 on Mac to change the landscape to portrait and vice versa.
• left-ctrl+F11on Windows 7.
• ctrl+F11on Linux.

For Mac users, you only need to use the fn key if the setting "Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as function keys" (under System Preferences -> Keyboard) is checked.

• left-ctrl+F11on Windows 7
  It works fine in Windows 7 for android emulator to change the landscape orientation to portrait and vice versa.

Android emulator not rotating to landscape

Some of the emulator targets like 4.4 (API level 19) and 2.3 have a bug. Change your emulator to target version 4.2 or 4.3 and try to change the orientation.

See the history of this bug:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13189

Related question: Impossible to rotate the emulator with android 4.4

How do I rotate the Android emulator display?

Windows: left Ctrl + F12

Mac: Fn + Ctrl + F12

Android Emulator broken when rotating display

This was a bug in the Google Android Emulator version 30.2.x.

It was fixed in version 30.3.5 (approximately 8 January 2021). Apply the update like this:

• Stop or Force Quit all the running AVD emulators
• Android Studio ➔ Tools ➔ SDK Manager ➔ SDK Tools (click this tab in the middle of the dialog) ➔ Android Emulator
• The status should say "Update Available"
• Click the Checkbox so that it will change from a horizontal line to a checkmark, and so that the download symbol appears on the left.

• Click the Apply or OK button
• It should download version 30.3.5 or higher, for "Android Emulator".
• After the upgrade is applied, relaunch your emulators.

Android Studio API Level 28: Rotating emulator does not rotate the app contents or device UI

Make sure auto-rotate is enabled on the virtual device. Pull down the notification bar and look for the Auto-rotate toggle and turn it on. Or, go into Settings->Display->Advanced and make sure Auto-rotate screen is turned on.

Android emulator force landscape on start-up

In AVD Manager, use "Edit" button and choose another device, labeled as "tablet", which is landscape by default. Note screen dimensions, where X should be greater than Y.

If none of predefined devices satisfy your needs, you can switch to the "Device definitions" tab of AVD Manager and create your own device. I prefer light screens e.g. 800x480 which are emulating faster. Then use "Create AVD" button to define new emulator instance.

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