Android Studio is used to create the sample. The screen orientation attribute is provided by the activity element in the Android Manifest.Xml file. The orientations provided by the activity are Portrait, Landscape, Sensor, Unspecified and so on. To perform a screen orientation activity you define the properties in the Android Manifest.Xml file. This example shows how to detect device orientation, face-up/face-down, base on gravity sensor data. Algorithm: 1.) Create a new project by File-> New -> Android Project name it GetDeviceOrientation. Android Portrait and Landscape mode screen orientation example: Here we are going to create two activities with different screen orientations. The first activity is the MainActivity. We are taking it as a "portrait" orientation type. The second activity is the SecondActivity. We are taking it as a "landscape" orientation type. activity_main.xml Some of the examples of Environmental sensors are thermometer, photometer, barometer, etc. Android Sensor Framework. Everything related to sensors in Android device is managed or controlled by Android Sensor Framework. By using Android Sensor Framework you can collect raw sensor data. It is a part of android.hardware package and includes The orientation sensor seems to have an impact on the overall timing of an app. It seems to steal quite a bit of operation time Could you look at adding options to set the polling rate? Have a look at this example to see what I mean Here, a ball is set to roll when the phone is tilted (NOTE: operate in landcape mode). For example, the rotational vector sensor is ideal if you are developing a game, an augmented reality application, a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional compass, or a camera stabilization app. In most cases, using these sensors is a better choice than using the accelerometer and geomagnetic field sensor or the orientation sensor. Examples of composite sensors include: Step detector and significant motion, which are usually based on an accelerometer, but could be based on other sensors as well, if the power consumption and accuracy was acceptable. Game rotation vector, based on an accelerometer and a gyroscope. Motion Sensors Orientation and Position Sensors To access the various Sensors in Android, you must use the SensorManager class. Following code shows how to initialize a SensorManager: SensorManager sensorManager = (SensorManager)getSystemService (Context.SENSOR_SERVICE); Next, you can use the Sensor class to instantiate the specific Sensor. Android sensors, an overview. What may sound like an easy task, for example, figuring out your location, requires that the GPS get a lock, Google works some tricks with your network connection For example, when the system is playing emergency sounds, music playing in the background may need to be muted. Sensor HAL may need to modify the sensor data received from the Host VM to comply with the Android car sensor coordinate system. OEMs can provide sensor configuration, such as orientation and location, in sensor_hal This tutorial describes how to use the Android Sensor manager. The tutorial is based on Eclipse 3.6, Java 1.6 and Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread). 1. Android Sensors. 1.1. SensorManager. Android Sensors supports several sensors via the SensorManager , for example the accelerometer. Unfortunately, you cannot test the accelerometer on the Android Using the sensors. This tutorial gives you the basics of reading senso