set orientation

[Shoopy]

Hi all,

Im trying to set my iPhones application to landscape mode by button event. Does someone know how this is done? Ive found [uidevice current device] set orientation but this isn't the right way.

Thanks

[BrianSlick]

I personally found rotating views to be a big annoying deal, so what I do is set a value, say in NSUserDefaults, that all of the shouldAutorotate methods look at. When the appropriate button is pressed, I show an overlay screen with a graphic indicating to the user that they should rotate their device. Then I let the shouldAutorotate methods do their thing.

My setting is applied app-wide. If you only need it for a particular view, it will probably be easier just to rotate it.

[Shoopy]

thanks for the reaction BrianSlick.

hmm.. well thats a bummer. I thought it was possible to turn the view on command because i want some views in my app to only show in portrait views and the other views, my menus, in landscape view.

If I use your method then the views that i want restricted in portrait view are also allowed to switch to landscape view right?

There no way to restrict some views in portrait and other views in landscape?

Originally Posted by BrianSlick

I personally found rotating views to be a big annoying deal, so what I do is set a value, say in NSUserDefaults, that all of the shouldAutorotate methods look at. When the appropriate button is pressed, I show an overlay screen with a graphic indicating to the user that they should rotate their device. Then I let the shouldAutorotate methods do their thing.

My setting is applied app-wide. If you only need it for a particular view, it will probably be easier just to rotate it.

[BrianSlick]

How did you arrive at that conclusion from what I said?

[DrBeak1]

Originally Posted by BrianSlick

How did you arrive at that conclusion from what I said?

BrianSlick, your above response made me laugh

For OP:

Portrait:

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
    // Return YES for supported orientations
    return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}

Landscape:

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
    // Return YES for supported orientations
    return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft);
}

EDIT: After rereading original question I realized that there seems to be two questions. One, the original question: set "to landscape mode by button event", and two in OP's response, which is: "There no way to restrict some views in portrait and other views in landscape?"

My above response answers the latter.

[Shoopy]

ok thanks guys. Thats all i needed to know. Just going to reorganize my app then.