Disable rotation for iPhone but not iPad

Question

What is the best way of achieving this? I'm using XIBs with universal size classes (same XIB for iphone and ipad) but I want to lock rotation for iphone only.

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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The list of possible orientations should be in the Info.plist file, you can define distinct values for Ipad and Iphone if you want. Take a look on the discussion below:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/24467576/3330421

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Nov 04 '14 at 12:20

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Sujith Thankachan · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-04T11:57:30.247

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Try this:

For versions less than iOS 6:

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)toInterfaceOrientation {
if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
        {
            return NO;
        }
        else
        {
            return YES;
        }
}

For iOS 6+

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
    if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
    {
        return NO;
    }
    else
    {
        return YES;
    }
}

edited Nov 04 '14 at 11:57

answered Nov 04 '14 at 11:45

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That method is depreciated, unfortunately. – Tom S Nov 04 '14 at 11:52
Edited the answer. Use `- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate` – Sujith Thankachan Nov 04 '14 at 11:58
I made a category on UINavigationController and it works, thanks :) Small problem though, my alertViews still rotate doh. – Tom S Nov 04 '14 at 13:37
The current API for this is `UIDevice.userInterfaceIdiom`. – Kilian Oct 16 '19 at 21:28

Disable rotation for iPhone but not iPad

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