According to the UIViewController
docs here,
using [UIViewController attemptRotationToDeviceOrientation]
forces the system to attempt to rotate the interface to a new orientation. I am attempting to force an interface rotation from portrait to landscape by:
- setting a
forceLandscape
flag before attempting the rotation - Calling
[UIViewController attemptRotationToDeviceOrientation]
- implementing
-supportedInterfaceOrientations
in my view controller and checking a flag to change the supported orientations, e.g.
This forces -supportedInterfaceOrientations
to be called again, which looks like
- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
return self.forceLandscape ? UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeLeft : UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}
Even though -supportedInterfaceOrientations
is being called and returns the new orientation, the interface does not rotate. I have confirmed that the project allows all orientations and that this view controller is the window's root view controller. Has anyone else run into this problem and found a solution? I am aware of all the hacks to fix this (presenting and dismissing modals, etc), but I would like a clean solution if possible. I have verified this issue on iOS 6 and 7.
Below is the complete code to reproduce:
@interface ALTViewController ()
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL forceLandscape;
@end
@implementation ALTViewController
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
self.forceLandscape = NO;
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeSystem];
[button setTitle:@"button" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button sizeToFit];
[self.view addSubview:button];
button.center = self.view.center;
[button addTarget:self
action:@selector(buttonPressed:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
}
- (void)buttonPressed:(id)sender
{
self.forceLandscape = YES;
[UIViewController attemptRotationToDeviceOrientation];
}
- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
return self.forceLandscape ? UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeLeft : UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}