I have a coworker that is asking me an interesting question kotlinlang #compose

I have a coworker that is asking me an interesting question : Is there anyway to lock orientation of "screen" in a Compose app ? I assume we have to use

setRequestedOrientation

in the main activity ? context : setRequestedOrientation might recreate activity, and I read that with Compose we can just override all configChanges as it can be handled directly

tad

08/23/2021, 5:01 PM

Compose has nothing to do with this, essentially. Overriding configChanges for orientation means the activity is not recreated

nitrog42

08/23/2021, 5:24 PM

yes but the Compose UI will still adapt from portait to landscape right ?

tad

08/23/2021, 5:24 PM

Yes, because

ComposeView

will trigger a recomposition on the configuration change

nitrog42

08/23/2021, 5:25 PM

but what about displaying in portrait mode, even when the phone is in landscape

tad

08/23/2021, 5:26 PM

That wouldn't happen

Oh, you mean locking the orientation to portrait?

nitrog42

08/23/2021, 5:27 PM

yes

tad

08/23/2021, 5:27 PM

The activity would remain in portrait in that case, and no recomposition would happen

nitrog42

08/23/2021, 5:27 PM

if I force the orientation in the activity, right ?

tad

08/23/2021, 5:28 PM

Right

nitrog42

08/23/2021, 5:28 PM

my example is something like this :

https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*p-2ZKX8WwwDrbnZXL5clOg.png▾

assuming I don't want to lock the activity to portrait, I just want to handle the orientation change in composation to keep the UI as is, but with icon rotated to still be at the good angle for the user

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