UIWebView: Media Player Rotates View Controller

Question

I'm encountering an issue while using a webview. My app is currently a portrait application, but when a media player loads in a webview within my app, the user can rotate the player, which rotates my view controller as well. I know I can get a notification for when the player comes up and disappears, but is there a way to prevent it from rotating the controller in the first place?

It doesn't seem like anyone has an answer. I have all of the standard "don't rotate unless if I tell you to" methods and plist values, but its still rotating. Its only when I load up a webview and the media player loads over it. If I rotate my device, the media player rotates along with it, which feels natural, but when I go back to the webview view controller, its rotated, which isn't good.

Answer 1

Add this key in your info.plist :

UISupportedInterfaceOrientations and set it to UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait

Answer 2

Ok, this a blind shot. I've used this trick to force the system to adjust to the required orientation, add this lines when the webview will appears, or when the player will disappear:

UIViewController *viewController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
[self presentModalViewController:viewController animated:NO];
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:NO];

Try in some of those methods, or in the didAppear or didDisappear if dosen't work. I know it look like rubbish, but sometimes works.

Answer 3

There doesn't seem to be a correct answer to this question.