AIR for Android - landscape mode

I've tried compiling it via ADT with AIR 2.5 and it opened in landscape mode as normal.

Then I tried copying and pasting in your app xml from above, swapping the filenames and re-compiling. This time it opened in portait mode and I thought I'd managed to recreate the issue.

Then I saw <autoOrients> is set to true. As soon as I set that to false, it opened in landscape mode.

So I think that all along it's been opening in landscape and immediately re-orientating itself to portrait? This is unusual on my phone because I have auto-orientation switched off at an OS level, but still that would explain everything.

Can you try setting <autoOrients> to false?

If that's not it, then I think whatever is causing the error with the manifest additions on your system is responsible. It compiled fine with manifestAdditions for me.

Nick

Ok  I don't get it. Thank you Nick - your apk works fine (starts in landscape) so I think it's no the device.

I created a small test app and still no success. Here is the code:

package
{
     import flash.display.Sprite;
     import flash.display.StageAlign;
     import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
     import flash.events.Event;
     import flash.events.StageOrientationEvent;
     import flash.text.TextField;
     import flash.text.TextFormat;
     
     import flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign;
     
     public class Orientation extends Sprite
     {
          
          protected var _textField:TextField = new TextField();
          
          
          [SWF(backgroundColor="#FFFFFF", frameRate="30", quality="HIGH", width="800", height="480")]     
          public function Orientation()
          {
               this.addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, addedToStageHandler);
               
               this.addChild(_textField);
               _textField.text = "waiting for orientation change...";
               _textField.width = 200;               
               
               centreTextField();
          }
          
          
          
          protected function addedToStageHandler(e:Event):void
          {     

               stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
               stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
               
               stage.addEventListener(StageOrientationEvent.ORIENTATION_CHANGE, orientationChangeHandler);
               
               
               // for testing pursoses 
               //stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, orientationChangeHandler);
               
               
               // dirty work around to set it to  landscape.....
               /*
               this.rotation = 90;
               this.x = 800 - 160;
               this.y = -160;*/
          }
          
          
          protected function orientationChangeHandler(e:Event):void
          {
               
               
               
               if (stage.stageWidth > stage.stageHeight)
               {
                    _textField.text = "landscape";
               }
               else
               {
                    _textField.text = "portait";
               }
               centreTextField();
               
               
          }
          
          
          protected function centreTextField():void
          {               
               var textFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
               textFormat.align = TextAlign.CENTER;
               _textField.setTextFormat(textFormat);
               
               _textField.x = stage.stageWidth/2 - _textField.width/2;
               _textField.y = stage.stageHeight/2 - _textField.height/2;                         
          }
          
     }
}

This works fine on iOS btw.

And here is the descriptor code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.5">

<!-- Adobe AIR Application Descriptor File Template.

     Specifies parameters for identifying, installing, and launching AIR applications.

     xmlns - The Adobe AIR namespace: http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.5
               The last segment of the namespace specifies the version 
               of the AIR runtime required for this application to run.
               
     minimumPatchLevel - The minimum patch level of the AIR runtime required to run 
               the application. Optional.
-->

     <!-- A universally unique application identifier. Must be unique across all AIR applications.
          Using a reverse DNS-style name as the id is recommended. (Eg. com.example.ExampleApplication.) Required. -->
     <id>Orientation</id>

     <!-- Used as the filename for the application. Required. -->
     <filename>Orientation</filename>

     <!-- The name that is displayed in the AIR application installer. 
          May have multiple values for each language. See samples or xsd schema file. Optional. -->
     <name>Orientation</name>
     
     <!-- A string value of the format <0-999>.<0-999>.<0-999> that represents application version which can be used to check for application upgrade. 
          Values can also be 1-part or 2-part. It is not necessary to have a 3-part value.
          An updated version of application must have a versionNumber value higher than the previous version. Required for namespace >= 2.5 . -->
     <versionNumber>1.0.0</versionNumber>
                   
     <!-- A string value (such as "v1", "2.5", or "Alpha 1") that represents the version of the application, as it should be shown to users. Optional. -->
     <!-- <versionLabel></versionLabel> -->

     <!-- Description, displayed in the AIR application installer.
          May have multiple values for each language. See samples or xsd schema file. Optional. -->
     <!-- <description></description> -->

     <!-- Copyright information. Optional -->
     <!-- <copyright></copyright> -->

     <!-- Publisher ID. Used if you're updating an application created prior to 1.5.3 -->
     <!-- <publisherID></publisherID> -->

     <!-- Settings for the application's initial window. Required. -->
     <initialWindow>
          <!-- The main SWF or HTML file of the application. Required. -->
          <!-- Note: In Flash Builder, the SWF reference is set automatically. -->
          <content>[This value will be overwritten by Flash Builder in the output app.xml]</content>


          <!-- The type of system chrome to use (either "standard" or "none"). Optional. Default standard. -->
          <!--<systemChrome>none</systemChrome>-->


          <!-- Whether the window is initially visible. Optional. Default false. -->
          <visible>true</visible>
          
          <renderMode>cpu</renderMode>
          <fullScreen>true</fullScreen> 
          <aspectRatio>landscape</aspectRatio>
          <autoOrients>true</autoOrients>
          
     </initialWindow>

    <!-- We recommend omitting the supportedProfiles element, -->
    <!-- which in turn permits your application to be deployed to all -->
    <!-- devices supported by AIR. If you wish to restrict deployment -->
    <!-- (i.e., to only mobile devices) then add this element and list -->
    <!-- only the profiles which your application does support. -->
    <!-- <supportedProfiles>desktop extendedDesktop mobileDevice extendedMobileDevice</supportedProfiles> -->

     <!-- The subpath of the standard default installation location to use. Optional. -->
     <!-- <installFolder></installFolder> -->

     <!-- The subpath of the Programs menu to use. (Ignored on operating systems without a Programs menu.) Optional. -->
     <!-- <programMenuFolder></programMenuFolder> -->

     <!-- The icon the system uses for the application. For at least one resolution,
           specify the path to a PNG file included in the AIR package. Optional. -->
     <!-- <icon>
          <image16x16></image16x16>
          <image32x32></image32x32>
          <image36x36></image36x36>
          <image48x48></image48x48>
          <image72x72></image72x72>
          <image128x128></image128x128>
     </icon> -->

     <!-- Whether the application handles the update when a user double-clicks an update version
     of the AIR file (true), or the default AIR application installer handles the update (false).
     Optional. Default false. -->
     <!-- <customUpdateUI></customUpdateUI> -->
     
     <!-- Whether the application can be launched when the user clicks a link in a web browser.
     Optional. Default false. -->
     <!-- <allowBrowserInvocation></allowBrowserInvocation> -->

     <!-- Listing of file types for which the application can register. Optional. -->
     <!-- <fileTypes> -->

          <!-- Defines one file type. Optional. -->
          <!-- <fileType> -->

               <!-- The name that the system displays for the registered file type. Required. -->
               <!-- <name></name> -->

               <!-- The extension to register. Required. -->
               <!-- <extension></extension> -->
               
               <!-- The description of the file type. Optional. -->
               <!-- <description></description> -->
               
               <!-- The MIME content type. -->
               <!-- <contentType></contentType> -->
               
               <!-- The icon to display for the file type. Optional. -->
               <!-- <icon>
                    <image16x16></image16x16>
                    <image32x32></image32x32>
                    <image48x48></image48x48>
                    <image128x128></image128x128>
               </icon> -->
               
          <!-- </fileType> -->
     <!-- </fileTypes> -->

  <!-- Specify Android specific tags that get passed to AndroidManifest.xml file. -->
  <!--<android> -->
  <!--<manifestAdditions> 
          <![CDATA[
               <manifest android:installLocation="auto">
                    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
                    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
                    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
                    <uses-configuration android:reqFiveWayNav="true"/>
                    <supports-screens android:normalScreens="true"/>
                    <uses-feature android:required="true" android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch"/>
                    <application android:enabled="true">
                         <activity android:excludeFromRecents="false">
                              <intent-filter>
                              <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                              <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
                              </intent-filter>
                         </activity>
                    </application>
               </manifest>
          ]]>
      </manifestAdditions> -->
    <!-- </android> -->
  <!-- End of the schema for adding the android specific tags in AndroidManifest.xml file -->
  
</application>
 

Seems all straight forward to me. Would be cool if anbody could try to compile this on his/her computer. Im using the Flex 4.1 SDK and the AIR 2.5 SDK.

Cheers

Robin