I agree. I believe I’ve seen the default android player has a similar button as the one you’re describing. It’s up there with my biggest annoyances with iOS. This shortcut automation does help but the real solution is to add a rotate button or gesture.
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Automatically Toggle iPhone Orientation Lock for Specific Apps
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The shortcut doesn't help because you'd have to do this for the Safari app or any app that uses the default player. I do not want the entire Safari app to be able to rotate horizontally.
That's iOS for you.
May I remind everyone that it took Apple about a decade to give us Control Center even though it was a much-requested feature.
This is great! The only problem is that it stays in locked orientation after leaving the app. Wish Apple would let you set this on an app-by-app basis, so when you switch between apps it goes back to your default setting. But this is better that nothing. I'm always having to switch it on for my grocery list on the Notes app to keep it from turning all which ways while shopping.
Settings>Accessibility>Touch>Back Tap>Double Tap>Lock RotationYou can also set rotation as a back double-tap if your iPhone has the back-tap feature; my 14 Pro Max does.
Settings -> Touch -> Back Tap -> Double Tap ..."lock rotation"
If that is the case, then why the push for better and better cameras? If you are only viewing the photos on a phone, then the much less obtrusive camera found on iPhone 6 is more than sufficient. These big lens bumps are a real waste.
Back in the 1970s and 80's I did wedding photography. For snap shots, like what people are now taking with their phones, most people used a pocket 110 camera or 126 which used a simple cartridge with a small roll of film. Professionals used 120 roll film or at the lower end 35mm SLR camera's. Studio work was done with a 4x5 film camera.
I can see the better camera's on iPhones if people are making enlargements, or maybe viewing the pictures on a big screen tv, but to text pictures around just to be viewed on a phone, it really doesn't make sense.
You have to be a programmer to even understand what they're showing you and asking you to choose from. Unless the instructions are as detailed as they are in this article, I just pass them up.
Can people follow a recipe in a cookbook anymore? Or does everyone just order out?
I consider myself on top of these kinds of things, but I never knew you could do this! Amazing! I added certain apps that I always/never want to be in portrait mode!
That's actually not a terrible analogy. If people are able to follow a recipe, they'll be able to adjust it to their liking once they know what ingredient does what.
Great tip! It stinks that shortcuts requires you to do this with each app you want this to apply to instead of allowing multiple triggers for an automation.
I don't because it wasn't universally supported across Apple's common apps.
I thought this would be easy but how did you do this? Do I need to create a shortcut? If love to be able to idea the Action Button to lock/unlock orientation
Yes I created a shortcut and then linked the shortcut to the button. The only downside is you get the shortcuts app icon when you press rather than something indicating orientation lock. But really not a downside.