Froyo Supports Launcher and App Launcher landscape mode!

[kobecamp2009]

My launcher and app launcher have gone too landscape mode twice! Maybe the official froyo build might support it.

First Time (Launcher)
This happened like 2 weeks ago. I was on an app holding my phone in landscape. When I clicked home, my phone went crazy and switched the launcher from portrait to landscape like 3 times, until it stopped at landscape. But after click on an app and coming back it went back to normal.

Second Time (App Launcher)
This happened today! I was in english class and my friend asked to see my phone. After she played with it for 5 minutes, she was giving me the phone and at the same exact time she clicked the back button to exit the facebook app and I accidently clicked the volume down button. The phone vibrated and the app launcher was on landscape.

You don't understand how many times I tried repeating that process, but it didn't work.

The funny thing is when my phone went into landscape the first time, the widgets were FULLY supported!

So maybe the official froyo build might actually have the landscape option.

 

[MTGap]

That would be awesome! It's one of those things that bothers me when I exit an application in landscape mode.

 

[jamesyb0i]

I somehow managed to get the lock screen to display in landscape! Accidentally pressed the power button twice when using the browser and rotating

 

[kobecamp2009]

I somehow managed to get the lock screen to display in landscape! Accidentally pressed the power button twice when using the browser and rotating

This actually happened to me to! I just don't remember what I did lol.

 

[commodoor]

I think thi also happend to me on 2.1. i think there is a landscape mode but disabled for phones without keyboard. think of a phone with a keyboard they have to go to landscape when you pull the keyboard out, or els it will look stupid

 

[blisk]

This has happened with the dock for me when going to the home screen after being docked in the car dock.

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[arkavat]

when in car dock, launcher, app drawer, and contact support landscape mode. It's an official feature.

 

[frandavid100]

when in car dock, launcher, app drawer, and contact support landscape mode. It's an official feature.

Can you guys take a screenshot of that?

 

[arkavat]

difficult to do that. It has to be in car dock and in car dock, you can't attach the USB cable. I am sometimes amazed that Google still doesn't have screenshot feature other than the debug mode one.

 

[bmj1086]

If you put your phone on the car dock (turns everything to portrait mode) and click "exit car mode" you will go to the home screen in portrait mode. If you lock the screen while on the car dock and after you exit the car mode, you will have a portrait lock screen.

I don't think that they will make it switch by default. IF anything they need to make it an option, I don't want portrait mode on my home screen.

 

[Forge94]

Just use LauncherPro or any other home replacement which supports it.

I haven't had a use for it ever. Pretty pointless if your phone is not docked in landscape mode.

 

[pfmiller]

I think thi also happend to me on 2.1. i think there is a landscape mode but disabled for phones without keyboard. think of a phone with a keyboard they have to go to landscape when you pull the keyboard out, or els it will look stupid

It looks stupid in phone without keyboards too when you're using an app in landscape and phone rings and everything is sideways all of a sudden. Or when you have to rotate the phone when switching between apps because the launcher won't rotate.

I don't know what they are thinking with this issue.