apporientation
nounUK /ˌæp.ɔː.ri.enˈteɪ.ʃən/
US /ˌæp.ɔːr.i.enˈteɪ.ʃən/
The way an app turns its screen to match how you hold your phone.
The apporientation switched to landscape when I turned my tablet sideways.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The process of helping a new user learn how to use an app.
The apporientation tour showed me where all the buttons were.
3. The way an app is set up or pointed toward a certain purpose.
This fitness app's apporientation is all about daily step goals.
4. A setting that decides if an app shows its screen upright or sideways.
You can lock the apporientation so the screen stays upright.