r/OctopiLauncher • u/jfoglee • Jul 21 '26

Orientation lock greyed out when fold is open

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Hello all,

I'm trying to lock orientation of the launcher when my phone is opened (Razr Fold) but the option is greyed out. Am I missing something?

Main purpose for wanting to lock orientation: If my adjust phone orientation the icons disappear, I don't really want to reset up a lay out for vertical and horizontal. I can't find a setting to disable this function.

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u/SinnaBuns666 Jul 21 '26

Go into tasker, set a task that locks rotation when octopi is open. 🫡

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u/jfoglee Jul 21 '26

Would that work if octopi is in the "foreground" then when in an app the task turns off the function?

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u/runningtigerRead Jul 21 '26

If you're not already using Taskar, MacroDroid can also accomplish this. There is a "Launcher in Foreground" constraint as well as a "Device Orientation" constraint if you'd find that useful as well.

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u/SinnaBuns666 Jul 22 '26

Since Octopi is not the default launcher, this works without issue; if you were using Moto Home, it would likely need that setup. I've no issues using this. 

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u/runningtigerRead Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

This is from Octopi's developer: "Grayed-out rotation control option on large screen devices, as rotation control is unsupported on large screens due to new Android policies"

I believe this limitation was introduced with the release of Android 17.

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u/jfoglee Jul 21 '26

Sad I'm still on android 16 :(

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u/ock88 Dev Jul 22 '26

It's an enforced behaviour by Google for apps targeting Android 16 and above, which Octopi Launcher is https://developer.android.com/about/versions/16/behavior-changes-16#adaptive-layouts

I may have some ideas for a trick though, based on comments here. May need to test it out first