I am almost done developing an app. Right now I'm converting it to a universal app by supporting iPad to supported devices as well.
Can I set the app to use Landscape orientation only, since I am using UISplitViewController and want the Master View Controller to remain on the screen all the time? Is there any Apple policy that states that I cannot restrict it to Landscape only and I have to implement both portrait and landscape? Is there any chance my app can be rejected by setting it to Landscape only for iPad?
Don't worry, you'll be fine. Support both landscape orientations and neither portrait orientation if you want. I've got apps in the store that are like that.
However, note that UISplitViewController does have an option to keep both views on the screen all the time even in portrait. Use the delegate method splitViewController:shouldHideViewController:inOrientation: to forbid hiding the master view:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UISplitViewControllerDelegate_protocol/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/intf/UISplitViewControllerDelegate
So if your only reason for being landscape only is that you don't want to hide the master view, it is a false reason. Look, for example, at Apple's Settings app, which works like that; it is a split view controller that always shows both views in all four orientations.
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I'm working with Xamarin and am having troubles launching my app in the current device orientation.
I have a UINavigationController that I set on my main UIWindow as the root controller. I created a custom UINavigationController which overrides the methods :
GetSupportedInterfaceOrientations
and
ViewWillTransitionToSize
If I hold my iPad in landscape mode and start the app, it will start in portrait mode and then rotate in landscape. I'd like to make it start in the same orientation as the device's physical orientation. From the doc I've read it seems that since iOS 8, everything related to rotations should be handled in the root uiview controller which is my custom UINavigationController.
And here's my problem... let's say I want to start my app in the current device's orientation and then block everything except Portrait once the app is loaded. I tried the 2 following solutions and none worked.
1- I put all interface orientations available in the supported interface orientations key in the info.plist file. I launched the app while holding the iPad in landscape mode. In this case, my app starts in the same orientation as the device which is cool. What is not cool is that it doesn't call my navigation controller method GetSupportedInterfaceOrientations anymore. So even if I change the return value of that method to Portrait only later one, it does absolutely nothing since the method is never called anymore.
2- I removed all supported interface orientations from the info.plist file. I lauched the app while holding the iPad in landscape mode. In this case, my app starts in portrait mode and then rotates to landscape. I want to prevent the rotation and just start the app in the current device's orientation (landscape). With this setup though, I can later change the supported orientation as the navigation controller method GetSupportedInterfaceOrientations is being called everytime we try to rotate the app.
In apple's doc, it says "At launch time, apps should always set up their interface in a portrait orientation. After the application (_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) method returns, the app uses the view controller rotation mechanism described above to rotate the views to the appropriate orientation prior to showing the window."
The part where the view rotates to the appropriate orientation PRIOR to showing the window doesn't seem to work for me. It shows the window and then rotates it after.
So how do you launch an app in the current device's orientation (without the user seeing your first view rotate from portrait to whatever) and then be able to change the supported orientations later in the app? Example : I hold my iPad in landscape mode. I launch my app. First view I see is already in landscape mode. I can then rotate my iPad to change the view in portrait/landscape back and forth. Then I click a button which changes the supported orientation to Portrait which prevents me from changing the orientation to Landscape anymore.
Thanks!
I have a problem in iOS. It's support all interface orientations. But when orientation-locked modal controller is presented (by calling [self presentViewController:UIViewController animated:YES completion:nil]), sometimes the UI orientation is messed up.
Here are the steps:
Orientate the device so it's in portrait mode (doesn't matter portrait or upsideDown).
Present view controller as modal controller. This controller only support landscape mode. The UI orientation obviously rotated to landscape. Keep the device in portrait (since the controller is forced to landscape, the UI will still show a landscape UI eventhough the device is in portrait).
Dismiss the modal controller. Now the main UI is in landscape mode. The problem is, this main UI is supporting all orientations (like stated above).
After doing some interaction (without changing the device orientation), the device orientation suddenly back to portrait, but the UI does not follow suit.
Here's how the final screenshot:
My current thought is that this is iOS bug. I want to look for another opinions regarding this bug. I've search around the net (bing and google) and found nothing.
I often saw this in apps, sometimes even in iOS itself (on homescreen etc)..
I think it's an iOS bug and we as developers can nothing do about it, just write bug reports.
I am currently writing an iOS app in which have the acceptable device orientations set to Landscape Right and Landscape Left, and in all of my view controllers, I’m returning only those two in the supportedInterfaceOrientations method.
However, if the user uses the in-app camera functionality (which is implemented via UIImagePickerController presented modally in full screen) and rotates the device to Portrait orientation to take a picture, the camera rotates to portrait mode (which is fine), and if the user clicks "Use Photo", when the modal view is dismissed, the view from which the camera was launched is somehow now in portrait mode (which is not fine).
After the camera view has been dismissed, the view controller from which it was launched has UIDeviceOrientationIsPortrait set to true. I am wondering how it ended up in this orientation, and how when a picture is taken, I can ensure that the presenting view controller remains in a landscape orientation. Any help is greatly appreciated!
I am currently writing an iOS app in which have the acceptable device
orientations set to Landscape Right and Landscape Left, and in all of
my view controllers, I’m returning only those two in the
supportedInterfaceOrientations method.
In iOS 6 and later, your app supports the interface orientations defined in your app’s Info.plist file
Have you tried setting it here? Then see if the problem still occurs.
Also, if this doesn't work, try setting the supportedInterfaceOrientations values in the viewWillAppear method of the ViewController that launched UIImagePicker?
I know that we can define main orientation in iOS apps. However I couldn't figure out a way to do what I want: If the device is in landscape mode, start the whole application in landscape mode. If not, start it in portrait.
Currently, if I start the application after rotating the device into landscape mode, It opens in portrait mode than it rotates. Is there a way to start the whole app in landscape? (Already rotated window)
Yes; just indicate that you support all device orientations in your info.plist. You can see this in Xcode in your project settings under "General" in Xcode 5.
Quote from Apple's UIViewController documentation:
Note: At launch time, apps should always set up their interface in a portrait orientation. After the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method returns, the app uses the view controller rotation mechanism described above to rotate the views to the appropriate orientation prior to showing the window.
I searched for other existing posts, but none of them satisfied my requirements.
Here is the problem i face,
My app supports both the Modes , landscape and portrait.
But my first screen only supports Landscape , so the app must start in Landscape.
I have set supported Orientation to all the 4 options
I have set the Initial interface orientation to Landscape (left home button)
In the view controller of the first screen i am defining the below
-(BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
return (interfaceOrientation != UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}
And when i start the app the simulator always opens in Portrait and my view is all messed up in the portrait mode , since it is designed only for the landscape.
After the switch to the Landscape, the device remains in this mode.
can anyone help me with the solution to avoid this ?
Thanks
Naveen
EDITED :
This info may be helpful , The problem is faced only when i hold the device in Portrait and then launch the app.
Its not the duplication of this question, Landscape Mode ONLY for iPhone or iPad
Landscape Mode ONLY for iPhone or iPad
I do not want my app to be only in Landscape , i want only the first screen of my app to be only in Landscape.
I did some experimenting with an app I'm working on that has the same requirements, and came up with the following:
To set the initial orientations that are supported when the app is first launched, use the "Supported Device Orientations" setting for your target.
Also back that up with the appropriate shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation code, as you've already done.
For subsequent screens, simply use the shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation code to determine which orientations you want to support. Even if you've specified only landscape modes for the Supported Device Orientation, shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation wins. :)
I think this approach is a little cleaner than using an extra dummy VC.
I achieved a workaround for the Problem and it solved ,
I created a dummy view controller and added as the root view controller of the Window.
Added the below method in the implementation
-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
WelcomeScreen *welcomeScreen = [[[WelcomeScreen alloc] initWithNibName:#"WelcomeScreen" bundle:nil] autorelease];
[self presentModalViewController:welcomeScreen animated:NO];
}
Now it worked as expected.
Here is a SO link that will hopefully answer your question on how to launch your app in landscape mode.