How can I get the real device's orientation?

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All,
When i locked the screen orientation,i want use [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation] to get screen's orientation ,but it always return UIDeviceOrientationPortrait, so, question is how can i get the real Device's orientation.
thank you very much.

Did you test this on simulator or device ? I believe this will give exact result on real device only. — Janak Nirmal, Jun 23 '11 at 05:19
Go through this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/930075/uidevice-orientation — Naveen Thunga, Jun 23 '11 at 05:23
You can refer this [so called question][1] and get your problem resolved. [1]:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/634745/iphone-orientation Hope it helps. — Janak Nirmal, Jun 23 '11 at 05:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 23 '11 at 05:31

Make sure you're enabling orientation notifications via:

[[UIDevice currentDevice] beginGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications];

If that still doesn't work, you can also use the status bar to figure out the current orientation (if your UI is rotating) via:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 26 '15 at 07:19

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Another solution could be detect orientation from CoreMotion library. It would fix a bug when Portrait Orientation Lock: On. Refer that article: http://codrspace.com/yuvirajsinh/device-orientation-detection-using-coremotion/

answered May 26 '15 at 07:19

Thinh VoXuan

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 23 '11 at 05:21

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If you're testing in the Simulator then be aware that the Simulator is terrible at returning accurate orientation values. Test on a device.

answered Jun 23 '11 at 05:21

Alan Zeino

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Moshe · Answer 4 · 2011-06-23T05:28:47.487

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You need to turn on orientation notification generation first, as per the documentation.

You need to call:

[[UIDevice currentDevice] beginGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications];

Then you can check the device's orientation. You need to tell the device that you are done getting the orientation, to conserve battery. You do so by calling:

[[UIDevice currentDevice] endGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications];

Personally, I've had better luck with using the status bar's orientation. This is because sometimes, (when the device is flat on a surface, for example) the device orientation won't be "Landscape" or "Portrait".

edited Jun 23 '11 at 05:28

answered Jun 23 '11 at 05:22

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[[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation] does not work if the user has locked his device orientation from the Springboard. orientation is always the last value, and there are no notifications for changes. – Jeff Jul 16 '11 at 01:36

How can I get the real device's orientation?

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