One
of the daily annoyances with Android devices is that often, apps will
open in the opposite way that you want them to on the screen. Landscape,
portrait - which way do I turn the thing? This app will fix that once
and for all.
There's a screen lock button on most devices, and settings to prevent
auto rotation when you rotate your device so the screen won't flip
orientation modes. A lot of times, you want some apps to flip between
landscape and portrait, but you want others to lock to one view. Here’s
where
Smart Rotator comes in handy. The app has been available for a long time, but it's still as useful as ever.
Smart Rotator is small, works on all versions of Android, and uses
minimal resources. It's ad supported. When you run the app, it will take
a moment to build a list of apps installed on your device. Once that is
complete, you can alter the screen orientation used on a per app basis.
A tap on a listed app will offer you several choices. Auto, Landscape,
Portrait, Auto for all and Portrait for all. The Auto for all option
will reset everything to the default behaviors.
On a phone, it's sometimes useful for apps with keyboard input to be in
landscape mode for easier typing. Just select the app and choose the
landscape option. Want YouTube videos to only play in landscape mode?
Select YouTube from the app list and choose the landscape option.
Tablet users will find this app very useful, as most of the time, you
will want apps to open in landscape mode. There are many apps which go
portrait by default. This has always been annoying. Smart Rotator will
force landscape mode for these apps, but it's uncertain this will work
with every app though. Screen layouts for apps designed to work in only
portrait mode may mess up their screen layouts. Just try it and see how
it works for each app.
The easiest way to use Smart Rotator is to just run all your usual apps.
When one causes you screen rotation issues, start Smart Rotator and
choose your desired screen behavior for it. Smart Rotator is one of
those apps you didn't think you'd need to install but once you have it,
you'll be glad you did.
Download It:
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