Disable portrait mode

Question

I am developing an iPhone application and the application should work only in landscape mode. But, when I rotate the device or simulator, the viewContoller's mode changes from landscape to portrait. I want the viewController to maintain in landscape mode, though the device or simulator is portrait. How could I make this happen? Thanks in advance.

rockeye · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-22T09:21:10.417

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Override this method in your view controller:

// Override to allow orientations other than the default portrait orientation.
-(BOOL) shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
    // Return YES for supported orientation, NO for other;
}

edited Dec 22 '11 at 09:21

answered Dec 22 '11 at 09:15

rockeye

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The OP states that he doesn't want support for portrait mode, so just returning YES won't help. – Léon Rodenburg Dec 22 '11 at 09:18
Obviously... I just pointed the method he has to override. I did not write the full code... – rockeye Dec 22 '11 at 09:20

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 02 '13 at 04:17

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Add this to your ViewController.m

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

edited Feb 02 '13 at 04:17

Thunder Rabbit

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answered Dec 22 '11 at 09:21

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 22 '11 at 09:26

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change in info_plist .. Supported interface orientations Set only landscape

answered Dec 22 '11 at 09:26

Ayaz

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i have this set, but it doesn't seem to be enough. – Pirkka Esko Oct 12 '12 at 06:44

score -1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

Override this method in all your ViewControllers:

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
    // Return YES for supported orientations
    return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight ||
            interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft);

}

And also see Only support for landscape Interface orientation

Disable portrait mode

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