Stop UIView from roating into landscape

Question

I have a UIView thats inside a navigation controller, I am trying to prevent this view from going into Landscape however the method I am trying to use never fires.. code is below any help would be greatly appreciated..

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
    if(interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight)
    {
        return NO;
    }
    else if(interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft)
    {
        return NO;
    }
    return NO;
}

is that method in a view or a view controller? – J Max Jul 11 '12 at 21:31 — J Max, Jul 11 '12 at 21:31

WrightsCS · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-12T02:27:53.170

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You should set return NO; for the parent navigation controller or on a UIViewController, not a UIView.

Also, this works just the same with less code:

iOS 5.x

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
    return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}

iOS 6

As of iOS 6, shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation: is deprecated. If the view controller does not override the supportedInterfaceOrientations method, UIKit obtains the default rotations from the app delegate or the app’s Info.plist file.

You will need to use:

- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(6_0);

edited Jul 12 '12 at 02:27

answered Jul 11 '12 at 21:33

WrightsCS

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As I remarked in my response, always returning `NO` is considered improper and (last I checked) triggers a run-time warning. – Conrad Shultz Jul 11 '12 at 21:34
sorry this is not working for me.. as from another answer I read that its on invoked on a view but on the viewcontroller. I have a UIView in InterfaceBuilder which is linked to the fileOwner as a view.. but I just dunno what else to look for to get this thing to stop rotating. – HurkNburkS Jul 11 '12 at 21:40
Place this code on your parent `UINavigationController`, as explained, `shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:` is apart of the `UIViewController` class and will not work on a `UIView`. – WrightsCS Jul 11 '12 at 21:43
right.. I understand now.. I should also tell you that I was only wanting to prevent this view from rotating not every view in my NavigationController.. is there a way to achieve this? – HurkNburkS Jul 11 '12 at 21:45
Yes, you can set a `BOOL` option to see if the view is visible. If it is, then disable rotation. So when you show the view, set something like `myViewIsShowing = YES;`. `if (myViewIsShowing) /*do not rotate */;` – WrightsCS Jul 11 '12 at 21:51
Okay I'm having difficulty here :( I know that you want me to place the code on my parent UINavController, however I am using a master-detail Application, the masterView is simply a UIViewController of a uiview, the NavigationController is declared in the appDelegate.. I'm kinda lost as to where I can put this code to get it to work.. i have tried everywhere and still no success.. – HurkNburkS Jul 11 '12 at 22:03
You should probably read the Apple docs on both `UIViewController` and `UINavigationController` to get a better understanding. – WrightsCS Jul 11 '12 at 22:04
Have you used the template "master-detail Application"? – HurkNburkS Jul 11 '12 at 22:07
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On many occasions. The template you use makes no difference. The classes still require the same methods. – WrightsCS Jul 11 '12 at 22:11
humor me, start your own "master-detail Application" thats standard in the apple templates when it loads go to masterViewController.m in there you will see the exact same method you have suggested above, change it from **!= UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown** to what you have suggested **== UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait** then run it on a device and see what happens.. the damn thing is broken.. unless I am going absolutely crazy, I have tried this twice on my project which is very similar to the template just with few alterations and then on a completely fresh template. – HurkNburkS Jul 11 '12 at 22:24
I don't understand the syntax : `- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(6_0);`. Is that really what I have to type ? If it is, it's the 1st time I see that. – Lucien Jun 04 '13 at 10:58
No, NS_AVAIL just tells you that it's available only in iOS 6. It's from the Apple docs. – WrightsCS Jun 04 '13 at 15:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 10 '14 at 23:29

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Another option is modifying Deployment Info.

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answered Sep 10 '14 at 23:29

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 11 '12 at 21:33

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This method needs to be implemented in a UIViewController instance, not a UIView.

Also, you are in fact returning NO for all orientations, which is incorrect. You need to return YES for at least one orientation (most commonly UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait).

answered Jul 11 '12 at 21:33

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woopsie!!! i had it at yes at one point and in my frantic state of trying to find a solution must have changed that for some weird reason. – HurkNburkS Jul 11 '12 at 21:37

Stop UIView from roating into landscape

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