How do I disable gravity for my android app

Question

See I have this android app and I kinda designed it using absolute positioning of elements so when I turn my phone 90 degrees the look is completely messed up. How I do I force my app to not change the layout when I turn my phone !

Answer 1

Add android:screenOrientation="portrait" to the activity in your manifest.

Answer 2

The best bet in your situation is to probably only allow a portrait orientation. You can do this in your AndroidManifest.xml with the following definition;

 <activity android:name="com.example.SampleActivity" android:screenOrientation="portrait" />