Android screen rotation control: How to stop your phone from flipping when you don’t want it to
Android’s built-in screen rotation control is a binary choice: either the phone rotates automatically based on its accelerometer, or it doesn’t. That sounds fine until you’re reading in bed and a slight shift of your wrist flips the screen sideways, or you’re trying to show someone a photo in landscape and the device refuses to… Continue reading Android screen rotation control: How to stop your phone from flipping when you don’t want it to
Why Android’s built-in screen rotation falls short, and what to do about it
Screen rotation on Android is one of those features that works well in theory but can be frustrating in practice. The phone’s accelerometer decides when to rotate the display, but it doesn’t know that you’re reading in bed or that you want one app to remain in portrait orientation while another works better in landscape.… Continue reading Why Android’s built-in screen rotation falls short, and what to do about it
Rotation Control for Android: Fixing one of the phone’s most persistent annoyances
Most Android users have experienced the screen rotating at exactly the wrong moment or refusing to rotate when it would be useful. The built-in auto-rotation setting is either fully on or fully off, with no way to customize rotation for different apps or situations. Rotation Control gives you that flexibility without complicated setup. Why the… Continue reading Rotation Control for Android: Fixing one of the phone’s most persistent annoyances