UIImagePickerController not working in landscape.

[Whitehk]

Hi. I recently created an app where the user has the choice of picking his own avatar either from his photo library or by taking a picture on the spot. The app is entirely in landscape right. Some places, I've read that the UIImagePickerController should automatically rotate to fit the screen orientation, and others places, I've read it's not even allowed by Apple to have it in anything other than portrait. Any ideas on how I would do this? Or maybe even how I can modify my existing code to work? Here's the code I used:

What happens when the user presses the button:

-(IBAction) getPhoto:(id) sender {
	UIImagePickerController * picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
	picker.delegate = self;
	
	if((UIButton *) sender == chooseAvatarFromLibrary) {
		picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeSavedPhotosAlbum;
	} else {
		picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
	}
	
	[self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];
}

How I make the UIImagePickerController:

- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info {
	[picker dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
	player.image = [info objectForKey:@"UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage"];
}

The ShouldAutoRotate Function:

// Override to allow orientations other than the default portrait orientation.
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
	// Return YES for supported orientations
	return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight);
}

What happens with this code is I press the button, it sits and thinks for a little bit, and nothing happens. I tried changing everything to portrait and it worked just fine. Help is always appreciated. Thanks!

[rocotilos]

Yep. My app was rejected because it displayed imagepicker in landscape.

I devise a choppy hack and the app was approved. but, the hack is not good, despite it is easy to implement. most users are annoyed with this hack. i heard if u upgrade to SDK 3.0+, the app will auto rotate to portrait if you select the picker in landscape. But i cannot verify this since am still using 2.2.1.

Here is my hack posted at my blog:
XCode Noobie Tutorials: How To Use UIImagePickerController In Landscape App

HTH.

[Whitehk]

Thanks for the "hack." I might have to eventually resort to that. But for now, does anyone know how to make it automatically rotate to Portrait?

[Whitehk]

Originally Posted by rocotilos

Yep. My app was rejected because it displayed imagepicker in landscape.

I devise a choppy hack and the app was approved. but, the hack is not good, despite it is easy to implement. most users are annoyed with this hack. i heard if u upgrade to SDK 3.0+, the app will auto rotate to portrait if you select the picker in landscape. But i cannot verify this since am still using 2.2.1.

Here is my hack posted at my blog:
XCode Noobie Tutorials: How To Use UIImagePickerController In Landscape App

HTH.

Is there a way I can implement your hack if the view controller I'm trying to do this in isn't the one that's loaded first?