How to show MPMoviePlayerController in landscape mode - ios

i am working on a app where I am required to show "MPMoviePlayerController" in landscape mode and portrait mode. But My whole app is required to support Portrait mode only. That is no landscape mode for any view other than for the "MPMoviePlayerController".
I tried few things given over stack overflow. Nothing worked in my case. Feels Stuck in the middle. But I have seen some of the app supporting suck kind of requirements.
I have to implement it for both iOS 6, 7
In my app am using "XCDYouTubeVideoPlayerViewController" for playing videos(playing the youtube videos)
Please Help

I had the same issue, and the following solved the problem:
First you need to allow the Landscape mode either, by checking the checkboxes at Target / General / Deployment Info / Device orientation, and then you have to disable Landscape orientation by code at every ViewController you use in your app.
#pragma mark - Set Supported Device Orientation
//For iOS6
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate {
return NO;
}
- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait;
}
- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}
//For iOS4 and iOS5
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}
But don't disable landscape orientation for the XCYoutubeVideoPlayerViewController, so at fullscreen it can rotate to landscape.

I have another solution for this, It will work for all MPMoviePlayerController, below is my code
- (NSUInteger)application:(UIApplication *)application supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow:(UIWindow *)windowx
{
if ([[self.window.rootViewController presentedViewController] isKindOfClass:[MPMoviePlayerViewController class]] ||
[[self.window.rootViewController presentedViewController] isKindOfClass:NSClassFromString(#"MPInlineVideoFullscreenViewController")])
{
if ([self.window.rootViewController presentedViewController].isBeingDismissed)
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}
else
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskAllButUpsideDown;
}
}
else
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}
}
What we basically do here is we enable Landscape orientation for all MPMoviePlayerController classes which are actually MPInlineVideoFullscreenViewController when you present it for fullscreen.
Hope this helps

Related

MPMoviePlayerViewController Orientation Permission

Might this is duplicated one, but I am not getting exactly what I want.
My application is only Portrait base and in which I want to show a Video file in MPMoviePlayerViewController only and only in Landscape mode. but unable to do that.
I've set my device orientation only Portrait and in which I wanna show movie direct in landscape mode. If any one did it then share it with me....thanks in advance
Is it possible once I defined my app is only in Portrait mode(through PLIST/ Development Info setting) and then I want to change Orientation from programing(ex. Landscape mode).???
In the project file, make sure you are supporting the Landscape Orientations
Now in all of your ViewControllers that should still be Portrait Only, add this code
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate {
return NO;
}
- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait;
}
- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}
When your MPMoviePlayerController view becomes fullscreen, it will be a new ViewController layered on top of everything else. So, it will be allowed to rotate according to the Supported Interface Orientations of the Project. It will not see where you forced the other ViewControllers into Portrait.

Lock App into one specific orientation in Cocos2D v3

I am trying to disable screen rotation in cocos2d-3.x, but I cannot figure out how. I have the following code in CCAppDelegate:
-(BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
setupCocos2dWithOptions:
[self setupCocos2dWithOptions:#{
CCSetupShowDebugStats: #(YES),
// Run in portrait mode.
CCSetupScreenOrientation: CCScreenOrientationPortrait,
}];
return YES;
}
The screen is in portrait mode, but it also rotates to portrait UpsideDown. I read that Cocos2d uses a UIViewController so should I use an apple method for this?
Cocos2D currently only allows to choose between "Landscape" or "Portrait" but doesn't allow to specify the orientation more specific. This likely will be fixed in Cocos2D but for now you can modify the Cocos2D source code as a workaround. I have opened a GitHub Issue for this problem.
Implementing supportedInterfaceOrientations in CCAppDelegate does not fix the issue because the method is implemented by the CCNavigationController and that overrides your settings.
Open "CCAppDelegate.m" and go to line 77. You should see this method:
-(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
if ([_screenOrientation isEqual:CCScreenOrientationAll])
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskAll;
}
else if ([_screenOrientation isEqual:CCScreenOrientationPortrait])
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait | UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortraitUpsideDown;
}
else
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscape;
}
}
You can change the entire method to only support one orientation, e.g.:
-(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait;
}
When you change that method you can return one of the 4 orientations you want to lock your game into:
UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeLeft
UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeRight
UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait
UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortraitUpsideDown
That's the workaround for now.

iOS 7 unlock device orientation in video playback

My entire app is locked in portrait orientation but when a video is played I wanna allow all orientations just for the video playback.
Storyboard:
TabBarController --> NavigationController --> MyVideosController --> MyVideoPlayerController
This is one of many I've tried:
Allow One View to Support Multiple Orientations While Others Do Not iPhone
The problem is that I never even reach into this method in my MyVideoPlayerController.m:
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
In my experience just about every suggestion you will find on here won't work for you. What you are going to want to do is (if you are using storyboards) add another navigation controller and a view controller. You will push the 2nd navigation controller modally and lock it to the orientation you desire. This way your video player can "pop up" and be in the orientation(s) you want.
Its really annoying.
An alternative (which I don't really suggest) is that you can turn on AutoLayout and perhaps try the IOS6 version.
For iOS-6 , I have done this , it is running greatly
(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait | UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeLeft;
}
(UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft;
}
try this code, add it to your class it's working for me:
#pragma mark - Orientation
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate {
return YES;
}
-(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeRight | UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeLeft;
}
- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight;
}
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight || interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft);
}

Restrict Autorotate to Landscape for iOS 5 in Xcode 5

I am working on app and developing on Xcode 5. App is for iPad from iOS 5 to iOS 7 support. I restrict app to Landscape Left and Right, which is defined in plist and Project settings.
Also defined by code
in App delegate
- (NSUInteger)application:(UIApplication *)application supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow:(UIWindow *)window
{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscape;
}
In Classes
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft ||interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight);
}
- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscape;
}
But what happened, It works fine on iOS 7 and iOS 6 but it always rotated to iOS 5 when device move portrait. I am stuck here how to restrict this only on Landscape. Kindly help me on this. Thanks in advance.
U can lock the orientation change.
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
if (autoRotate) {
return YES;
}
else
{
return NO;
}
}
Try with following code
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
if(interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft ||interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight)
return YES;
else
return NO;
}
By using above code is device is not rotate with portrait orientation.

iPad Orientation Not working as it should

I have released an app, and for some reason only some people are having an orientation issue with the app. Namely that it is opening in Portrait mode, and is un-rotatable from here where as the app is set up to only be allowed in LandscapeLeft and LandscapeRight. Most people aren't having this issue, however I've received a few complaints recently through our support page.
People with the issue seem to be on iOs 5.1 and iPad gen 1s, which is the lowest OS my app supports.
Here is the code handling the rotation:
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
if(interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight)
{
return YES;
}
else
{
return NO;
}
}
And here is the .plist
http://tinypic.com/r/nnvfhz/6
Any suggestions would be great.
In iOS5, you must override the shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation: method:
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
// support all interface orientations
return YES;
}
This method was deprecated as of iOS 6, for which you should use these:
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate {
// return whether autorotation is supported
return TRUE;
}
- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
// return the mask that represents the supported interface orientations
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskAll;
}
Finally, I'll mention this method, since it's often applicable:
- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation {
// set the preferred orientation of view controllers presented in full-screen
return UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight;
}

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