iPhone application landscape mode doesn't work

Question

Currently I have only portrait mode in iPhone application. I would like to permit landscape mode for one controller in application but unfortunately I'm not able to make it work.

I have these settings in my plist file:

<array>
    <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
    <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
    <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
</array>

And I implemented these methods in my controller:

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

-(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
    return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskAllButUpsideDown;
}

-(BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
   return YES;
}

I use navigation controller in the app so I realize that it might be the problem. I subclassed the UINavigationController and implemented again shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation, supportedInterfaceOrientations and shouldAutorotate in the same way as above. Of course for I use subclassed navigation controller to show the controller which should have ability to rotate. I also tried to overwrite the methods of navigation controller by category but it also doesn't work.

I don't work on the application from the beginning, I inherited the codes. If there is some possibility how to restrict landscape globally it might be my case. For testing I use iPhone 6.0 simulator but my deployment target is 5.0. I appreciate any tips / help.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12600082/set-orientation-to-landscape-mode-in-xcode-4-5-gm-ios-6 — Rushabh, Feb 05 '13 at 12:45

Shumais Ul Haq · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-05T12:58:11.393

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iOS6 also requires that you set a rootViewController for your window rather than adding the controller's view as a subview.

If you are doing something like this:

[window addSubview:someController.view];

then you can try changing it to this:

[window setRootViewController:someController];

Also look at this link. For ios6, Apple introduced these two methods :

supportedInter

faceOrientations:
shouldAutorotate

Hope it helps.

Shumais Ul Haq

edited Feb 05 '13 at 12:58

answered Feb 05 '13 at 12:50

Shumais Ul Haq

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Thanks a log that was exactly the problem – Michal Feb 05 '13 at 13:05

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 05 '13 at 12:48

Try this on Controller youwant to give landscape orientation

// override to allow orientations other than the default portrait orientation
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
    // return YES for supported orientations
    return UIInterfaceOrientationIsLandscape(interfaceOrientation); // support only landscape
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Go to target window.
Click on Summary tab.
iPhone/iPad Deployment info -> Set the supported interface orientations for iPhone & iPad as per your requirement. See following image for more reference.

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edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Feb 05 '13 at 12:43

Girish

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Thanks Girish but this doesn't help me, I have already set all interface orientations except upside down - exactly as on your screenshot – Michal Feb 05 '13 at 12:46
@Michal then follow the link shared by Rocks. – Girish Feb 05 '13 at 12:50

iPhone application landscape mode doesn't work

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