[Android]Orientation change not working

[Max87ZA]

Hi guys, I have this module in Android app and when I launch scanner in portrait mode and rotate screen to landscape, scanner remains in portrait. Barcode.allowRotation = true not helped, UI stays in portrait mode. Is there any quick way to fix it? Thanks

[m1ga]

Check the modules/android/ti.barcode/4.0.0/timodule.xml and see if it works when you add android:screenOrientation="sensor" to the com.google.zxing.client.android.CaptureActivity activity. Normally there shouldn't be any screenOrientation so it should be The system chooses the orientation. Depending on what your app orientation is that might be locked there

[Max87ZA]

Hi Michael, I tried to edit that file, but no change, scanner doesn't rotate at all. Do I need to recompile module from source code? Thanks

[m1ga]

No, you don't need to recompile your module. The XML is merged into your tiapp.xml. Is your app orientation locked (tss, tiapp.xml)?

[Max87ZA]

No, my app changes orientation based on device sensors. Think is, if I rotate device before I launch Barcode scanner, it launches in landscape. But if I rotate to portrait in scanner's view, it doesn't do anything - I have to go back to main screen, change orientation and then launch scanner...

[m1ga]

added preventRotation to https://github.com/appcelerator-modules/ti.barcode/pull/89 setting it to false allows rotation the screen.