Is there a built in way to get the current screen orientation? Other than comparing width and height...

# compose

[Daniel Weidensdörfer]

Is there a built in way to get the current screen orientation? Other than comparing width and height.

[Tolriq]

In Android

LocalConfiguration.current.orientation

[Daniel Weidensdörfer]

I'm looking for a common solution

[Stylianos Gakis]

Common as in you want orientation for Desktop too?

Also, what do you need orientation for? Checking only width and height will give you false positives in various scenarios.

[Daniel Weidensdörfer]

Sometimes there is a different layout for Landscape and Portrait. Common, so I can get it in common code.

[Stylianos Gakis]

What do you mean "Different layout for Landscape and Portrait"?

[Stylianos Gakis]

Is the difference in layout specifically when you are in landscape or portrait, or is it when you got different available space for your app to render in?

You might be interested in this discussion https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/CJLTWPH7S/p1710953896708929?thread_ts=1710752750.247829&cid=CJLTWPH7S

[Daniel Weidensdörfer]

Thats a good point. So I use size classes instead?

[Daniel Weidensdörfer]

Is the difference in layout specifically when you are in landscape or portrait, or is it when you got different available space for your app to render in?

I just have a mobile design and a desktop design and want implement both in common code.

[Stylianos Gakis]

So I use size classes instead

Yup.

You may very well be on a "mobile", and still have a "desktop-sized" available space to you.
Or you may be on a desktop and the window is shrinked to the size of a mobile device.

You wouldn't want to show the desktop UI on the shrinked window, nor the mobile UI on a huge table which has as much space available as a desktop would.