How To Deal With Apps That Force Screen Orientation In Android-x86 On Virtualbox?

If you've used an Android device, you're aware that there are some apps that force the display to portrait and ignore the device's orientation sensor. On a real device, this is not

Solution 1:

For sure now is too late to reply, anyway I discovered that I can rotate back my vd resetting resolution of screen on the fly. If my device is 1200x800 (landscape) and it is rotated left by an app I can get it vertical by shell comamnd: (adb shell) wm size 800x1200

Solution 2:

I found that Rotation Locker (com.devasque.rotationlocker) solved the problem for me. Via this mailing list post.