Android screen flickering in Compose

Question

On drawing multiple Boxes on top on each other, while keeping the screen in Landscape mode, the screen flickers and the orientation changes multiple times.

Here is a reproducible example:

@Composable
fun GamePad(widthDp: Float, heightDp: Float, connectionViewModel: ConnectionViewModel?) {
    LockScreenOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE)

    val deadZonePadding = heightDp / 18
    Box(
        modifier = Modifier
            .padding(deadZonePadding.dp)
//            .background(Color.Magenta)
            .fillMaxSize(),
        contentAlignment = Alignment.TopStart // Origin is top left
    ) {
    }
    Box(
        modifier = Modifier
            .padding(deadZonePadding.dp)
//            .background(Color.Magenta)
            .fillMaxSize(),
        contentAlignment = Alignment.BottomStart // Origin is bottom left
    ) {
    }
    Box(
        modifier = Modifier
            .padding(deadZonePadding.dp)
//            .background(Color.Magenta)
            .fillMaxSize(),
        contentAlignment = Alignment.TopEnd // Origin is top right
    ) {
    }
    Box(
        modifier = Modifier
            .padding(deadZonePadding.dp)
//            .background(Color.Magenta)
            .fillMaxSize(),
        contentAlignment = Alignment.BottomEnd // Origin is bottom right
    ) {
    }

}

Supporting functions from https://stackoverflow.com/a/69231996/8659747

/**
 * Locks the screen orientation to the given orientation.
 * @see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/69231996/8659747"> StackOverflow Answer <a/>
 */
@Composable
fun LockScreenOrientation(orientation: Int) {
    val context = LocalContext.current
    DisposableEffect(orientation) {
        val activity = context.findActivity() ?: return@DisposableEffect onDispose {}
        val originalOrientation = activity.requestedOrientation
        activity.requestedOrientation = orientation
        onDispose {
            // restore original orientation when view disappears
            activity.requestedOrientation = originalOrientation
        }
    }
}

fun Context.findActivity(): Activity? = when (this) {
    is Activity -> this
    is ContextWrapper -> baseContext.findActivity()
    else -> null
}