Cordova Ignores Screen Orientation Lock

I'm using Cordova 3.3.0 with my Galaxy S3 (running latest Cyanogenmod) to test an app I'm working on; I need the app screen to remain in 'portrait' mode and be locked even if the u

Solution 1:

Fixed in Cordova 3.4.1. Now preference orientation works!

<preferencename="orientation"value="portrait" />

Solution 2:

I just found an interesting answer after I posted the question (in the related widget right); It's a bug in Cordova and to fix it, you either edit the AndroidManifest.xml to something like;

<activityandroid:screenOrientation="portrait"android:configChanges=...

Or use a plugin.

FI prefer to edit the manifest as it is easy.

Solution 3:

The solution is to edit the android manifest like this:

    <application
            android:icon="@drawable/icon"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <activity
                android:name=".AppName"
                android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize"
                android:label="@string/app_name"
                android:launchMode="singleTask"
                android:screenOrientation="unspecified"
                android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar" >

with unspecified android select the proper orientation for device. es. smartphone is portrait only, but tablet is portrait and landscape