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Step #2: Create a Landscape Layout
In the emulator, with LunchList running and showing the details form, press
-. This simulates opening and closing the keyboard, causing the
screen to rotate to landscape and portrait, respectively. Our current layout
is not very good in landscape orientation:
Figure 20. The LunchList in landscape orientation
So, let us come up with an alternative layout that will work better.
First, create a LunchList/res/layout-land/ directory in your project. This will
hold layout files that we wish to use when the device (or emulator) is in the
landscape orientation.
Then, copy LunchList/res/layout/main.xml into LunchList/res/layout-land/,
so we can start with the same layout we were using for portrait mode.
Then, change the layout to look like this:

android:id="@android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
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