app screen first appears upside down

[Joe Kot]

My app screen first appears upside down until I rotate my tablet at least 45 degrees. Then it will correctly orientate right side up. Is there a way to have it orientate correctly (right side up) on launching without having to rotate the tablet. My code is below.
on preopencard
if environment() = "mobile" then
mobileSetAllowedOrientations("landscape left, "landscape right")
end if
end preopencard

[SparkOut]

I don't know, but you could try something like setting only a single allowed orientation, locking it on start up, then once the app is initialised, you could set the alternative allowed orientations again, and unlock to allow normal rotation with the alternative orientations to take effect.

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[Joe Kot]

I tried your suggestion by inserting the following with no success. I hope I'm wrong but what I think is needed is a new command in livecode that checks the current tablet screen orientation (before app launch) and "sets" the livecode app to that screen orientation. As it is right now a landscape app has a 50/50 change of initially displaying upside down until the user tries rotating the tablet. I've check other apps on googleplay and they do not have this problem. If I'm wrong please let me/us know. Thanks - Joe

on preopenstack
if environment() = "mobile" then
mobileSetAllowedOrientations("landscape left")
mobileLockOrientation
end if
end preopenstack
then
on preopencard
mobileUnlockOrientation
mobileSetAllowedOrientations("landscape left, landscape right")
end if
end preopencard

[SparkOut]

There is the mobileOrientation() function available. I said earlier I don't know, but I think you could use this if you called it early enough, and put the unlock late enough in the processing order. You don't need to allow the orientation to change until after the first card is shown so how about:

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on preOpenStack
   if the environment is "mobile" then
      put mobileOrientation() into tAllowedOrientation
      mobileSetAllowedOrientations tAllowedOrientation
      mobileLockOrientation
   end if
end preOpenStack

in the stack script and

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on openCard
   if the environment is "mobile" then
      mobileSetAllowedOrientations "landscape left,landscape right"
      mobileUnlockOrientation
   end if
end openCard

in the card script.
It seems to work OK in my very cursory testing here.

[Joe Kot]

Unfortunately the code provided does not work. Runrev support has confirmed the issue and I have submitted a bug report.
From runrev support:
Even though you have your mobileSetAllowedOrientations set to both landscape left
and right, tho command will only be triggered the next time an orientation change
has been applied. This explains why you have to rotate the device before the correct
orientation is applied.

[juanjo]

Seems not solved yet…

[LCNeil]

Hi Juanjo,

One of our dev team is still investigating this issue. We should hopefully have a resolution shortly.

You will be able to view the Quality Control report relating to it here -

http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11146

Once any development are made regarding the issue, they will be announced on this report.

Kind Regards,

Neil Roger

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RunRev Support Team ~ http://www.runrev.com
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[juanjo]

Thanks Neil!

[paul_gr]

One of our dev team is still investigating this issue. We should hopefully have a resolution shortly.

It's been 6 months -- "shortly" this isn't.

Paul