Scrcpy: Add shortcut to rotate screen

[MCMic]

When I go back to home screen the phone goes back to portrait mode and then after starting an app I have to manually lean the phone to rotate the screen, it would be easier if there was a shorcut which rotates the screen.

[npes87184]

Reference #218

[rom1v]

As a workaround:

# disable auto rotation
adb shell settings put system accelerometer_rotation 0
# use custom rotation (0=portrait, 1=landscape)
adb shell settings put system user_rotation 1

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/issues/284#issuecomment-426269845

[ChristopherKrohn]

Is there a way to put the monitor in landscape while the camera is showing?
I tried the above commands both while scrcpy was active in terminal, and when it was not, and nothing happened when I executed the commands.

Am I missing something, or is the monitor simply not willing to be in landscape while the camera app is open?

[rom1v]

Some camera apps keep the device in landscape mode (and rotate their icons manually when the device is rotated). This avoids a glitch due to the portrait/landscape switch.

The "solution" is to implement a (manual) client-side rotation in scrcpy.

[ChristopherKrohn]

Aha, that makes sense! Thanks for the fast response!

Is there a simple way of implementing this, or is this something I should just leave be?
I'm just wondering if it is possible to rotate the mirror shown on my desktop some way.

I have absolutely no experience with this though.

[rom1v]

It is probably not very difficult, but it is quite intrusive (we need to check everywhere the current rotation to reverse width and height).

It's in my (virtual) todo list when I have time (maybe after the "device screen off" while mirroring).

[ChristopherKrohn]

Alright! Thanks!

In the meantime I'll just use another app that rotates with the screen.
Open Camera worked really well, for other users having the same issue.

Thanks again!

[agsola]

This would be great to be implemented in next release.

Appart from this it has everything needed to work daily with it.

[srevinsaju]

This is implemented in guiscrcpy. In Python , it is easy to implement, and I use it frequently

[hunterx9]

i added shortcut key for screen rotation
here's the code:
https://files.catbox.moe/c8lz87.c
Place input_manager.c inside project-> app--src folder and build it using
ninja -Cx
./run x

Ctrl+q = Change screen density to 200
Ctrl+w = Reset screen density
Ctrl+e = landscape mode
Ctrl+r = portrait mode

try this first in adb if rotation doesnt work
adb shell settings put system accelerometer_rotation 0

[rom1v]

I just implemented it on branch rotatedevice (eb0f339271862af38693913e5ce1d4078d2c9e56).

Just press Ctrl+r (or Cmd+r on macOS) to rotate the device.

Feedbacks welcome :)

[r4dixx]

Tested on Pixel 2 and Pixel 4 - Android 10, from macOS Catalina.
Works perfectly! Thanks

[rom1v]

Merged in dev.