Screen orientation lock

The screen.orientation.lock() method prevents changes to the screen orientation, typically in fullscreen applications such as games. For example, while locked, rotating a phone to the side won't change the screen orientation from landscape to portrait. To learn more, see ScreenOrientation: lock() method, ScreenOrientation: unlock() method at MDN.

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• Chrome Android 38 Released on 2014-10-08
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