How to make apps landscape mode and allow full use of Keyboard!

Some apps go into landscape mode through their settings. And some apps go into landscape mode when you open the keyboard. But some apps dont.

On my page for 'installing amaze and all apps with full permissions', at the bottom of the first post is directions to get a full screen touch version of google maps. Google maps is only in portrait mode. Many of us also have Gmail installed on our phones. It doesnt go into landscape mode either.

I have converted both to landscape mode. When you do the goatbreaking method add one of these lines to the jad in these programs. You will also be wanting to do the full screen hack for gmail.

MIDlet-ScreenMode: ROTATE                   This will cause your app to go landscape when you open the keyboard.

MIDlet-ScreenMode: Landscape                This will make your app landscape mode all of the time

I have not tested this with other apps yet. If you have an app that you would want landscape all the time or just when you slide open the keyboard feel free to test it and report back and I will add it to the list. This will not work with games as games have their resolution set in the programming.

When using MIDlet-ScreenMode: ROTATE in the jad this also allows you to use your slider and type right in the text box of opera mini, bolt browser, gmail, and maybe more.  You wont have to do the double tap then the double tap in the blue screen. This bypasses that and gives you full use of your keyboard just like you would on your computer.  There's a positive for having a slider.  Makes it so much easier for entering text in the browsers and giving you arrow keys to pan around with.

These codes must be used with the fullscreen code. MIDlet-Touch-Support: True I dont believe apps/games that use the dpad will rotate to landscape.

That depends on the jar file you are sending to rumkin. If you are trying to install a game that has no jad then the landscape mode will probably not work correctly for you. Games are a set resolution and can be made landscape but you will not see part of the screen. You can edit the manifest.mf in the jar file with the landscape hack.

To give you better help let me know what app you are trying to make landscape.

That is correct now(I edited it and added the missing line). Now download it back to the phone and delete the appdb folder and the manifest.mf and it should work. Should be full screen and rotate when you open the keyboard.

i think i do have the touch screen version.  I don't recall a choice when i downloaded it.  I think i will try the amazemaps and the mgmaps and see how they work.. Also, while i am at it i may as well delete the demo games that have expired, that way i will have more memory if i need it for installing apps.

so I've did the fullscreen mod for google maps, gmail, and amaze.  they all definitly have full screen but I'm wondering how you navigate without on-screen buttons.  Maybe I'm missing something but I can't seem to use the program without the onscreen dpad and othe buttons

First post was modified to tell you more benefits of using the MIDlet-ScreenMode: ROTATE code in your jad.

Opera was almost unusable before this mod, now I'm going to be using it almost as often as the MediaNet browser. Thanks a ton, this rocks!

Yes dano it seems this doesnt really work for gmail. But you only have to select the text box then tap once in the blue screen so its not as bad as some of the other apps out there. If you tried using opera mini you would know what I mean.

The rotate codes gives the option but there must be some coding missing in the gmail program itself to allow us to do that. I will try to keep my eyes open for different codes that might help.