[maemo-developers] Howto enable portrait mode support on Fremantle

[From: Cornelius Hald]

On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 15:52 +0200, Frantisek Dufka wrote:
> Graham Cobb wrote:
> > So, why are there two flags?  I still don't understand what 
> > HILDON_PORTRAIT_MODE_SUPPORT does.
> 
> This is link that Andre posted before
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Using_Fremantle_Widgets#Marking_Your_App_As_Portrait_Capable
> 
> "The support flag tells Hildon that it is allowed to rotate your 
> application. The request flag directly puts your application into 
> portrait mode. It´s important to note that all visible windows must 
> support portrait mode, otherwise the screen is not rotated."

LOL, there it is again :) I wrote this article, so it is my
interpretation of the API. Still we need someone to confirm whether or
not it's the right interpretation...

I implemented my app like this, but according to Andre it does not work
on a real device.

Conny