At one time I thought it was required for an iPad app to run in all orientations, however I am seeing more apps like words with friends that only run in portrait mode home button on bottom orientation. Is it now ok for apps on iPad to only run like this?
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iOS iPad portrait mode only?
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Portrait/Portrait UpsideDown and LandscapeLeft&LandscapeRight, those should be supported. With that statement I mean.
If you decide to only support "1" orientation, you should support both upsidedown and normal. This is described in the HiG.
I've had an app rejected for not supporting "upside down" mode. I've also had them approved with only one orientation. Many things slip through the cracks in the review process. All it takes is one line of code to get an app working in LandscapeRight and LandscapeLeft.
Nick
Nick
Will your one line of code work with an OpenGL app, if so please do share?
Supporting change of orientation is one of last few things on my list
Supporting change of orientation is one of last few things on my list
should be something like this in your UIViewController
Code:
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
{
// Return YES for supported orientations
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft) || (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight);
}