shouldAutorotate -> false, still simulator rotates

Question

I'm making an app which supports landscape orientations only when playing a video. Otherwise, all the scenes support only portrait orientation. I've checked portrait, landscape left and right in project settings. I've written the following code in the ViewControllers where I want to restrict to only portrait.

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    let value = UIInterfaceOrientation.Portrait.rawValue
    UIDevice.currentDevice().setValue(value, forKey: "orientation")
}

override func shouldAutorotate() -> Bool {
    return false
}

override func supportedInterfaceOrientations() -> Int {
    return UIInterfaceOrientation.Portrait.rawValue
}

Still, when I press (Command + right or left arrow), the simulator rotates. I don't have a device, so I have to test it in simulator.

Please help! Thank you!

Are those methods getting called (set a breakpoint to check)? If you are using a navigation controller then they will only be getting called on the navigation controller. — dan, Sep 23 '15 at 17:42
I am using a navigation controller. But they are getting called. I did put println() statements to ensure that they're getting called. — Suvrat Apte, Sep 23 '15 at 18:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 23 '15 at 18:41

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It's the parent navigation controller that decide if its content should rotate or note.

You will need to override UINavigationController and had something like this

override func shouldAutorotate() -> Bool {
    return self.topViewController.shouldAutorotae()
}

override func supportedInterfaceOrientations() -> Int {
    return self.topViewController.shouldAutorotae()
}

answered Sep 23 '15 at 18:41

SeNeO

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Hey thank you so much @SeNeO ! It's working. But now there's another problem. If the user presses the back button from a video player in landscape mode, the previous VC does not rotate to portrait. viewWillAppear() is getting called. But it's not rotating to portrait. Please help! Thank you! – Suvrat Apte Sep 24 '15 at 04:43
I added the code in viewWillAppear() in its child view controller's willMoveToParentViewController(). It is working! Thank you @SeNeO – Suvrat Apte Sep 24 '15 at 05:13
Glad that had helped you. – SeNeO Sep 24 '15 at 15:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 03 '16 at 16:42

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Two things to check. First, check your info.plist file and make sure that you have portrait deleted for both iPhone and iPad. I was having the same issue and it was because I hadn't deleted the iPad "Portrait" options. See here:

Second, the below code can help. However, it may not work if you have a navigation controller.

override var shouldAutorotate: Bool {
    return true
}

answered Dec 03 '16 at 16:42

Dave G

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He cannot delete portrait from the info.plist, because his app supports portrait orientation. – fishinear Jul 28 '18 at 12:36

shouldAutorotate -> false, still simulator rotates

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