React Native Expo Device Orientation

A React Native Expo package for detecting device orientation changes and providing the current orientation of the device.

It provide the orientation data using Accelerometer sensor of your device.

It does not depend on device's screen orientation, you can get device orientation data without rotating your app screen.

Documentation

You can access the full documentation for this package here.

Features

• Detects device orientation changes.
• Provides the current orientation of the device.
• Lightweight and easy to use.
• Supports both Android and iOS.

Values

• 0° = PORTRAIT_UP
• 90° = LANDSCAPE_LEFT
• -90° = LANDSCAPE_RIGHT
• 180° = PORTRAIT_DOWN

Installation

npm i react-native-expo-device-orientation

Use In EXPO App

1. Install the react-native-expo-device-orientation package.

npm i react-native-expo-device-orientation

2. Import in your project.
   import { useDeviceOrientation } from 'react-native-expo-device-orientation';

3. Use in your project
   const orientation = useDeviceOrientation();

Example Code

import React from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
import { useDeviceOrientation } from 'react-native-expo-device-orientation'; // importing

export default function App() {
const orientation = useDeviceOrientation(); // getting orientation data

// You can customize the accelerometer update interval (in milliseconds)
// by passing an object to useDeviceOrientation. The default is 1000ms (1 second).
// Example:
// const orientation = useDeviceOrientation({
//   accelerometerUpdateInterval: 100, // sets update interval to 100ms
// });
//
// Note: Starting from Android 12 (API level 31), the system has a 200ms limit for sensor updates.
// If you need an update interval less than 200ms, you should:
// - Add `android.permission.HIGH_SAMPLING_RATE_SENSORS` to the app.json permissions field.
// - If you are using the bare workflow, add <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.HIGH_SAMPLING_RATE_SENSORS"/>
//   to your AndroidManifest.xml.

return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text style={styles.orientationText}>Orientation: {orientation}°</Text> // 0° = PORTRAIT_UP , 90° = LANDSCAPE_LEFT , -90° = LANDSCAPE_RIGHT , 180° = PORTRAIT_DOWN
</View>
);
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
justifyContent: 'center',
paddingHorizontal: 20,
},
orientationText: {
textAlign: 'center',
marginTop: 20,
fontSize: 18,
},
});

Use In bare REACT-NATIVE App

1. Install the react-native-expo-device-orientation package.

npm i react-native-expo-device-orientation

2. Import in your project.
   import { useDeviceOrientation } from 'react-native-expo-device-orientation';

3. To install and use Expo modules in bare REACT-NATIVE App , the easiest way to get up and running is with the install-expo-modules command.

   npx install-expo-modules@latest

4. Use in your project
   const orientation = useDeviceOrientation();

info: Your project should work perfectly, if not working properly try to reopen the project. If still not working try manual installing of Expo modules in React Native 0.74. Manually repeating step 3.

Example Code

import React from 'react';

import {

Text,

View,
} from 'react-native';

import { useDeviceOrientation } from 'react-native-expo-device-orientation';

function App(): React.JSX.Element {

const ori=useDeviceOrientation();

return (
<View>
<Text> Orientation = {ori} </Text> // 0° = PORTRAIT_UP , 90° = LANDSCAPE_LEFT , -90° = LANDSCAPE_RIGHT , 180° = PORTRAIT_DOWN
</View>
);
}

export default App;

• Feel free to contribute

NOTE: Submit a Pull Request to the contrib-testing branch of the main repository. All contributions will be reviewed and tested on the contrib-testing branch before being merged into main

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