Changing orientations programmatically does not work fine - ios

Question

My whole application is in portrait mode. I just want to use one view controller in landscape mode (left).
func application(application: UIApplication, supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow window: UIWindow?) -> UIInterfaceOrientationMask
{
if let _navigationController = window?.rootViewController as? UINavigationController {
if _navigationController.topViewController is FullScreenPlayerVC {
return UIInterfaceOrientationMask.LandscapeLeft
}
}
return UIInterfaceOrientationMask.Portrait
}
This is my controller A
override func shouldAutorotate() -> Bool
{
return true
}
override func supportedInterfaceOrientations() -> UIInterfaceOrientationMask
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMask.Portrait
}
Now i push Controller B. This is my controller B
override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool)
{
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
let value = UIInterfaceOrientation.LandscapeLeft.rawValue
UIDevice.currentDevice().setValue(value, forKey: "orientation")
}
override func shouldAutorotate() -> Bool
{
return true
}
override func supportedInterfaceOrientations() -> UIInterfaceOrientationMask
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMask.Landscape
}
It works as per my requirement when i push controller B while holding my device in portrait mode but if i am holding my phone in landscape left already.
It does not perform desired action. Searched a lot about it but not able to find the solution yet.
I have tried many solutions but nothings working fine.

Answer 1

This is a generic solution for your problem and others related.
1. Create auxiliar class UIHelper and put on the following methods:
/**This method returns top view controller in application */
class func topViewController() -> UIViewController?
{
let helper = UIHelper()
return helper.topViewControllerWithRootViewController(rootViewController: UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.rootViewController)
}
/**This is a recursive method to select the top View Controller in a app, either with TabBarController or not */
private func topViewControllerWithRootViewController(rootViewController:UIViewController?) -> UIViewController?
{
if(rootViewController != nil)
{
// UITabBarController
if let tabBarController = rootViewController as? UITabBarController,
let selectedViewController = tabBarController.selectedViewController {
return self.topViewControllerWithRootViewController(rootViewController: selectedViewController)
}
// UINavigationController
if let navigationController = rootViewController as? UINavigationController ,let visibleViewController = navigationController.visibleViewController {
return self.topViewControllerWithRootViewController(rootViewController: visibleViewController)
}
if ((rootViewController!.presentedViewController) != nil) {
let presentedViewController = rootViewController!.presentedViewController;
return self.topViewControllerWithRootViewController(rootViewController: presentedViewController!);
}else
{
return rootViewController
}
}
return nil
}
2. Create a Protocol with your desire behavior, for your specific case will be landscape.
protocol orientationIsOnlyLandscape {}
Nota: If you want, add it in the top of UIHelper Class.
3. Extend your View Controller
In your case:
class B_ViewController: UIViewController,orientationIsOnlyLandscape {
....
}
4. In app delegate class add this method:
func application(_ application: UIApplication, supportedInterfaceOrientationsFor window: UIWindow?) -> UIInterfaceOrientationMask {
let presentedViewController = UIHelper.topViewController()
if presentedViewController is orientationIsOnlyLandscape {
return .landscape
}
return .portrait
}
Final Notes:
If you that more class are in landscape mode, just extend that
protocol.
If you want others behaviors from view controllers, create other protocols and follow the same structure.
This example solves the problem with orientations changes after push
view controllers