Changing device orientation only when in specific ViewConrtroller inside Tab Bar app

[omerv]

Hi,

I have a tab bar application with 5 tabs.

Most of the application is in portrait mode and shouldn't change when the device orientation changes.

I do need to achieve this change "only" in 2 places.
In the first tab I have a navigation controller consisting of a table view with 2 rows.
Clicking each row pops a different (new) view controller.
These 2 view controllers are the only places in my app that require "special" actions when the device changes orientation, meaning a totally new view for some of the elements in them (which I achieved).

I am having 2 problems:

1. I can only get the whole application to rotate, including the tab bar.
For this, as suggested here I added this category addition code to my MainAppDelegate:

@interface UITabBarController (MyApp)
@end

@implementation UITabBarController (MyApp) 
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)toInterfaceOrientation {
    return (toInterfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait ||
			toInterfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight);
}
@end

As stated, I want the entire app to always stay in portrait mode but those 2 places, and them only. Can this be done? I understand the tab bar controller is the root controller of the entire app, but can I somehow control the action/no action for device orientation change when inside the different tabs and even further - their children?

2. In those 2 places I need the landscape view to take over the entire screen, including the bottom of the screen being used for the tab bar.
As I see when rotated right now, my new view is placed "under" the tab bar.

Thank you very much,


omerv

[nexirius]

You can detect which tab is clicked and then return NO instead of YES!

NSInteger currentTab = getTab.tabBarController.selectedIndex;

if(currentTab==0) 
   do this
else 
   do that

Make sure you have properly referenced tabBarController.

[omerv]

Thanks nexirius! Indeed some progress.

I've added this:

@implementation UITabBarController (MyApp) 
-(BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)toInterfaceOrientation
{
	if(self.selectedIndex==0) 
		return (toInterfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait ||
			toInterfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight);
	else
		return NO;
}
@end

I now narrowed it down to the specific tab, but I still get this entire tab to rotate, including its first view which I don't want to rotate.

I'm also left with the full screen vs. the tab bar issue.

Thanks for your help,

omerv