diff --git a/osu.Android/GameplayScreenRotationLocker.cs b/osu.Android/GameplayScreenRotationLocker.cs
index ab91b4e3b3..1b7893e5b9 100644
--- a/osu.Android/GameplayScreenRotationLocker.cs
+++ b/osu.Android/GameplayScreenRotationLocker.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace osu.Android
         {
             gameActivity.RunOnUiThread(() =>
             {
-                gameActivity.RequestedOrientation = userPlaying.NewValue ? ScreenOrientation.Locked : OsuGameActivity.DEFAULT_ORIENTATION;
+                gameActivity.RequestedOrientation = userPlaying.NewValue ? ScreenOrientation.Locked : gameActivity.ScreenOrientation;
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Android/OsuGameActivity.cs b/osu.Android/OsuGameActivity.cs
index e6679b61a6..7de597fe88 100644
--- a/osu.Android/OsuGameActivity.cs
+++ b/osu.Android/OsuGameActivity.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -8,16 +9,18 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Android.App;
 using Android.Content;
 using Android.Content.PM;
-using Android.Net;
+using Android.Graphics;
 using Android.OS;
 using Android.Provider;
 using Android.Views;
 using osu.Framework.Android;
 using osu.Game.Database;
+using Debug = System.Diagnostics.Debug;
+using Uri = Android.Net.Uri;
 
 namespace osu.Android
 {
-    [Activity(ConfigurationChanges = DEFAULT_CONFIG_CHANGES, Exported = true, LaunchMode = DEFAULT_LAUNCH_MODE, MainLauncher = true, ScreenOrientation = DEFAULT_ORIENTATION)]
+    [Activity(ConfigurationChanges = DEFAULT_CONFIG_CHANGES, Exported = true, LaunchMode = DEFAULT_LAUNCH_MODE, MainLauncher = true)]
     [IntentFilter(new[] { Intent.ActionView }, Categories = new[] { Intent.CategoryDefault }, DataScheme = "content", DataPathPattern = ".*\\\\.osz", DataHost = "*", DataMimeType = "*/*")]
     [IntentFilter(new[] { Intent.ActionView }, Categories = new[] { Intent.CategoryDefault }, DataScheme = "content", DataPathPattern = ".*\\\\.osk", DataHost = "*", DataMimeType = "*/*")]
     [IntentFilter(new[] { Intent.ActionView }, Categories = new[] { Intent.CategoryDefault }, DataScheme = "content", DataPathPattern = ".*\\\\.osr", DataHost = "*", DataMimeType = "*/*")]
@@ -39,10 +42,10 @@ namespace osu.Android
     [IntentFilter(new[] { Intent.ActionView }, Categories = new[] { Intent.CategoryBrowsable, Intent.CategoryDefault }, DataSchemes = new[] { "osu", "osump" })]
     public class OsuGameActivity : AndroidGameActivity
     {
-        public const ScreenOrientation DEFAULT_ORIENTATION = ScreenOrientation.SensorLandscape;
-
         private static readonly string[] osu_url_schemes = { "osu", "osump" };
 
+        public ScreenOrientation ScreenOrientation = ScreenOrientation.Unspecified;
+
         private OsuGameAndroid game;
 
         protected override Framework.Game CreateGame() => game = new OsuGameAndroid(this);
@@ -56,8 +59,20 @@ namespace osu.Android
             // reference: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity#onNewIntent(android.content.Intent)
             handleIntent(Intent);
 
+            Debug.Assert(Window != null);
+
             Window.AddFlags(WindowManagerFlags.Fullscreen);
             Window.AddFlags(WindowManagerFlags.KeepScreenOn);
+
+            Debug.Assert(WindowManager?.DefaultDisplay != null);
+            Debug.Assert(Resources?.DisplayMetrics != null);
+
+            Point displaySize = new Point();
+            WindowManager.DefaultDisplay.GetSize(displaySize);
+            float smallestWidthDp = Math.Min(displaySize.X, displaySize.Y) / Resources.DisplayMetrics.Density;
+            bool isTablet = smallestWidthDp >= 600f;
+
+            RequestedOrientation = ScreenOrientation = isTablet ? ScreenOrientation.FullUser : ScreenOrientation.SensorLandscape;
         }
 
         protected override void OnNewIntent(Intent intent) => handleIntent(intent);
@@ -106,7 +121,7 @@ namespace osu.Android
 
                 cursor.MoveToFirst();
 
-                var filenameColumn = cursor.GetColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DisplayName);
+                int filenameColumn = cursor.GetColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DisplayName);
                 string filename = cursor.GetString(filenameColumn);
 
                 // SharpCompress requires archive streams to be seekable, which the stream opened by