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== Python auto-rotation (Portrait mode) on Maemo 5 ==

''This text is just copy-pasted from the [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31940 thread at talk.maemo.org].''

''Says thp:''

Now that python-hildon has got support for portrait mode, I've added portrait mode support and auto-rotation to gPodder for Maemo 5, and in order to make my life easier, I've come up with a nice object that you can throw into your own code and that will take care of auto-rotation:

http://repo.or.cz/w/gpodder.git?a=blob;f=src/gpodder/gtkui/frmntl/portrait.py

The only thing you (might) need to do is to connect your windows to the configure-event signal and check the ratio of the width and height to determine if you need to relayout your window. For some windows (i.e. a window with just a treeview) you don't need to do anything. :-)

Usage: Save the code as "portrait.py" or find some nice place in the module structure of you project, then use something like the following, and you're done:
<source lang="python">
from portrait import FremantleAutoRotation

main_window = ... # your main hildon.StackableWindow
app_name = 'NameOfYourApp' # the name of your app
app_version = '1.0' # the version number of your app
initial_mode = FremantleRotation.AUTOMATIC

rotation_object = FremantleRotation(app_name, main_window, app_version, initial_mode)
</source>
The rotation object then takes care of enabling and disabling the accelerometer as it is needed. You can provide a preferences UI for your app (see gPodder for an example) and then set the mode of the rotation object like this:
<source lang="python">
rotation_object.set_mode(FremantleRotation.AUTOMATIC)
rotation_object.set_mode(FremantleRotation.NEVER)
rotation_object.set_mode(FremantleRotation.ALWAYS)
</source>
You can create a <code>hildon.PickerButton</code> and a <code>hildon.TouchSelector</code> for your preferences dialog to set the mode. As an example, consult the source code of gPodder's preferences dialog:

http://repo.or.cz/w/gpodder.git?a=blob;f=src/gpodder/gtkui/frmntl/preferences.py

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 ''Says thp:''
-Now that python-hildon has got support for portrait mode, I've added portrait mode support and auto-rotation to gPodder for [[Open development/Maemo roadmap/Fremantle|Maemo 5]], and in order to make my life easier, I've come up with a nice object that you can throw into your own code and that will take care of auto-rotation:
+Now that python-hildon has got support for portrait mode, I've added portrait mode support and auto-rotation to gPodder for Maemo 5, and in order to make my life easier, I've come up with a nice object that you can throw into your own code and that will take care of auto-rotation:
 http://repo.or.cz/w/gpodder.git?a=blob;f=src/gpodder/gtkui/frmntl/portrait.py