I have a coworker that is asking me an interesting...

# compose

[nitrog42]

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]

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

[nitrog42]

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

[tad]

Yes, because ComposeView will trigger a recomposition on the configuration change

[nitrog42]

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

[tad]

That wouldn't happen

[tad]

Oh, you mean locking the orientation to portrait?

[nitrog42]

yes

[tad]

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

[nitrog42]

if I force the orientation in the activity, right ?

[tad]

Right

[nitrog42]

my example is something like this :

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

[nitrog42]

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