Set different supportedInterfaceOrientations for UIViewControllers

Ananth · September 2012

So, as by the question, I use the following code to set userinterfaceOrientation for the viewcontrollers.

- (BOOL) shouldAutorotate
{
    return YES;
}

-(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
    return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}

I tried setting UIInterfaceOrientationMaskAll for another viewController.

Prior, I checked all the items for 'Supported interface orientations' in the 'info-plist'. Both the viewControllers returned true(as set in the info-plist) for all the orientations and didn't obey the above code. It worked even in the absence of the above code.

Is there anyway to restrict certain Supported interface orientations for particular classes? I made it working for the 'pre - iOS6' versions by following as in this link.

Warblr · September 2012

I was just dealing with something similar -- not sure if this will help or not but here is the thread...

Ananth · September 2012

Hi @Warblr, thanks for your response, I fixed the issue by following as in this thread. This one looks cool.

Warblr · September 2012

Very nice -- however my issue was that I needed my viewController to support all orientations, just not rotate (i.e., only support the current orientation). So, simply limiting the supportedInterfaceOrientations to 'UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait' wouldn't have worked in my situation.

Thanks for sharing though -- : )

networ · September 2012

Hi, did you solve it? I need this too.
I can only limit which orientation to use in whole app if I add this to appdelegate.m :


- (NSUInteger)application:(UIApplication *)application supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow:(UIWindow *)window {
    return (UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait);
}

But, I need that my first view will be Portrait only, and my second view should support all orientations.

If I add this to my second view, It doesn't work:


- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate {
    return YES;
}

- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
    return (UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait | UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeLeft |
            UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeRight | UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortraitUpsideDown);
}

Thanks for any help.

Howdy, Stranger!

Forums

Set different supportedInterfaceOrientations for UIViewControllers

Replies