Portrait app shows as Landscape

Question

I am an Android developer and have recently made an app for a client. The screen orientation should only be available in portrait, so I have added the option android:screenOrientation="userPortrait" to each and every activity in my manifest.

Despite this, my client keeps telling me that the app displays in landscape on her Samsung Tablet. I don't know why this may be, according with http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html the orientation should never be landscape. In all of my tests it is displaying correctly (portrait mode), but I don't have access to her device and don't know what is going on.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Please close your question when you have answer. – UtopiaIsGood Jul 07 '15 at 16:55 — UtopiaIsGood, Jul 07 '15 at 16:55

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 07 '15 at 11:46

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You should write this :

android:screenOrientation="portrait"

answered Jul 07 '15 at 11:46

UtopiaIsGood

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as I see in the documentation, `android:screenOrientation="userPortrait"` is also a portrait orientation. Why is `android:screenOrientation="portrait"` a better option and how does it solve the problem? – SaraVF Jul 08 '15 at 09:39

Portrait app shows as Landscape

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