How do I disable portrait mode?

Question

How do I disable portrait mode?  I only want to support landscape mode.

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Answer 1

You can set application orientation preferences in the app manifest.  To do this in VS2012, go to Store -> Edit App Manifest and click on the Application UI tab.

Answer 2

That doesn't do anything.  The app still rotated.

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Answer 3

Check out the Windows.Graphics.Display.DisplayProperties.­autoRotationPreferences and currentOrientation properties that provide programmatic control over orientation behaviors. For demonstrations, refer to the Device auto rotation preferences sample in the Windows SDK.

Answer 4

Hi All,

Our application supports only portrait mode and it is working fine.

But when I attach external keyboard for Microsoft surface tablet, my application is converted to landscape mode.

Can I prevent this behavior to not to rotate to landscape even if external keyboard is attached?

I know it will not be good user experience, but my application is designed for portrait only, so when it rotated to landscape the UI looks very bad.

Thanks.