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Rotating from Portrait to Landscape on Android shows black screen

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Posted on by knoxknnocks

Hello!

I just created a simple canvas with a button that shows App.ActiveScreen.Size as the Text property. Switched off Lock Orientation, Lock Aspect Ratio etc.

When I ran the app in Powerapps player (version 3.21054.24) on Android (Samsung S20+), switching from Portrait to Landscape mode gives a black screen, but I can see the landscape screen with the button if I scroll up 1 screen. It seems as if the portrait mode's App.Height was carried over to Landacape mode. I have not changed any of the default Screen widths and heights. I've also restarted the phone. This problem doesn't happen on an iPad with the same Powerapps Player version.

Has anyone else seen this? I've attached a screen recording in the link.

Screen recording black screen on rotate to landscape

Thanks in advance for the help!

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vermaaman 134 on at

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@knoxknnocks

Can you use Parent.Height for button height and Parent.Width for button width ?
Also i highly recommend using layout containers if you are looking to build responsive app ...

Let me know how it goes....

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knoxknnocks 58 on at

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Hi, thanks for responding!

I haven't started anything responsive yet. Just put a button on the screen and trying to rotate the phone from portrait to landscape and it's broken. It applies to any app that is not responsive and where I just switched off "Lock Orientation" in the settings (black screen, but can scroll to see the landscape version). I've yet to test this on any other phone but i may ask some co-workers to test it tomorrow.

I've just made the button to fit parent.height and parent.width. Encountering the same issue.

Thanks!

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@knoxknnocks Okay, are you accessing the app using PowerApps app or direct from browser.
If not can you install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.msapps&hl=en&gl=US and try ?

I have tested the app here and it works fine for me.

Display Settings.

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knoxknnocks 58 on at

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I've got the same settings and have been testing it on the PowerApps player (version in my original post). I just tested it on chrome browser (not PowerApps player) on the phone where I'm facing this problem, and it works, unlike on the PowerApps player!

Wondering if it's just an Android11 problem with the PowerApps player or something specific on this Samsung phone. I'll test it with the Android Studio simulator and some of my co-workers' phones tomorrow.

Thanks!

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knoxknnocks 58 on at

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Oh interestingly. I went to uninstall the PowerApps player and re-installed it, and the problem has gone away. Very weird, but seems like problem has been resolved. Thanks very much!

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vermaaman 134 on at

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Great @knoxknnocks , please mark the solution if that worked for you.

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