Your Android device has an accelerometer that detects its orientation by measuring angular velocity and helps rotate your screen.

Whether you use a Samsung tablet or multitask with the OnePlus Open's innovative software, we show how your Android phone opens apps in a split screen without your permission and how to stop it.

If your Android's auto-rotate functionality is on, but the phone screen doesn't auto-rotate, it could indicate a minor glitch or hardware issue. In this case, your first step is to restart your phone.

For all the improvements Android has seen, Google still hasn't managed to make auto-rotation on Android work flawlessly, and it's surprising how inconsistent it can be.

Here we quickly explain how to disable the screen rotation feature on Android smartphones and tablets.

AutoRotate Switch is free and works wherever Android does. Click on the QR code at right to download it directly to your phone or search for "AutoRotate Switch" in the Android Marketplace.

After upgrading the Moto X 2014 to Android 5.0 I noticed that not all of my apps were rotating when holding the screen in landscape mode. No problem, I'll just tap the setting to fix it. Wait ...

Android display rotation, reinvented So, for context: Android has long had a native system for handling the dull-seeming chore of deciding when and how, exactly, your screen should rotate itself.

Plus, with nifty apps and software updates, you can actually turn your Android tablet into a laptop and get that desktop-like experience.