[Qt-qml] Supporting landscape and portrait modes in C++/QML App

[Paul Drummond]

Hi,

I am trying to determine the idiomatic way to support landscape and
portrait modes a C++/QML app.

I have looked at the screenorientation example app but that relies on
qmlviewer (runtime.orientation) and it looks like there is a lot of
special code to handle orientation.  A few questions:

1. Am I correct to assume that in a C++ app I would use the Qt
Mobility Sensor API and Sensor QML Bindings instead of
runtime.orientation?

2. As far as I can tell the sensor QML Bindings aren't release yet -
is that correct?  Any planned release date?

3. All the orientation-specific code in the screenorientation example
looks like hard work to me considering that other mobile frameworks
such as Android handle orientation automatically as long as you
conform to the layout guidelines. Is the example the idiomatic way to
support orientation in QML?  I guess one alternative is to have
entirely different QML layouts for each orientation type - the
approach I think the Flickr demo uses - is this the recommended
approach?

Regards,
Paul Drummond