How Do I detect the orientation of the device on iOS?

Solution 1:

Really old thread, but no real solution.

I Had the same problem, but found out that getting The UIDeviceOrientation isn't always consistent, so instead use this:

UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation;

if(orientation == 0) //Default orientation 
    //UI is in Default (Portrait) -- this is really a just a failsafe. 
else if(orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait)
    //Do something if the orientation is in Portrait
else if(orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft)
    // Do something if Left
else if(orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight)
    //Do something if right

Solution 2:

if UIViewController:

if (UIDeviceOrientationIsLandscape(self.interfaceOrientation))
{
    // 
}

if UIView:

if (UIDeviceOrientationIsLandscape([UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation))
{
    //
}

UIDevice.h:

#define UIDeviceOrientationIsPortrait(orientation)  ((orientation) == UIDeviceOrientationPortrait || (orientation) == UIDeviceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown)
#define UIDeviceOrientationIsLandscape(orientation) ((orientation) == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft || (orientation) == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight)

Updated:

add this code to xxx-Prefix.pch then you can use it anywhere:

// check device orientation
#define dDeviceOrientation [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation]
#define isPortrait  UIDeviceOrientationIsPortrait(dDeviceOrientation)
#define isLandscape UIDeviceOrientationIsLandscape(dDeviceOrientation)
#define isFaceUp    dDeviceOrientation == UIDeviceOrientationFaceUp   ? YES : NO
#define isFaceDown  dDeviceOrientation == UIDeviceOrientationFaceDown ? YES : NO

usage:

if (isLandscape) { NSLog(@"Landscape"); }

Solution 3:

For what You looking for first you have to Get Notification if Orientation Changed! You Can set This Thing in viewDidLoad like

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]addObserver:self selector:@selector(OrientationDidChange:) name:UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification object:nil];

and whenever Orientation of your Device changed OrientationDidChange Called where You can do whatever You Want as Per Orientation

-(void)OrientationDidChange:(NSNotification*)notification
{
    UIDeviceOrientation Orientation=[[UIDevice currentDevice]orientation];

    if(Orientation==UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft || Orientation==UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight)
    {
    }
    else if(Orientation==UIDeviceOrientationPortrait)
    {
    }
}

Solution 4:

If you want to get device orientation directly from accelerometer use [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation]. But if you need current orientation of your application(interface orientation) use [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation].

Solution 5:

UIViewController has an interfaceOrientation property that you can access to find out the current orientation of a view controller.

As for your example, that should work. When you say it isn't working, what do you mean? What results does it give you versus what you expected?