[Android] Overlay gamepads do not auto-rotate

[Jaffacakelover]

Overlay gamepads do not switch from 'landscape' to 'portrait' layouts when the device is rotated.

The "rotate manually" buttons are being removed from overlay gamepads, because overlays are supposed to now work with the auto-rotate functionality / tilt sensors in devices like smartphones.

But in my latest experience, the gameplay rotates correctly, but instead of the overlay loading its portrait version, it rotates the landscape version.

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Screenshots

Landscape, correct behavior

Portrait, intended behavior
(note the extra L button on the portrait layout)

Portrait, actual behavior

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How to replicate:

• Launch RetroArch.
• Launch an empty core.
• Turn overlays on: Quick menu > On-Screen Overlay > Display Overlay ON.
• Load content. Launch content. It doesn't seem to matter if the phone is held portrait or landscape at this point.
• Tilt the phone from portrait to landscape and observe.
• Tilt back and forth between landscape and portrait as desired.

Tested

Device: Samsung A52s 5G, Android 14, OneUI 6.1. Auto-rotate enabled.
Software: 2025-08-18-RetroArch_aarch64.apk. Updated over existing installation. Overlays updated via RA online updater.

[hizzlekizzle]

Are you able to easily move/rename your retroarch.cfg to see if it happens with a fresh config?

[Jaffacakelover]

I uninstalled and reinstalled the app fresh, instead of updating / overwriting the existing install... of course it works now🤦‍♂️
A bit more testing to make sure, but it's probably an old setting in the cfg then?

[hizzlekizzle]

Hmm, yeah, if it's okay with a fresh config, it's probably something old interfering, but I don't have any guess as to what :/

[Jaffacakelover]

Dang I should have found a way to copy it, then it could've been compared to a fresh config :/