Feature proposal: mobileActualAllowedOrientations?

Brian Milby brian at milby7.com
Sun Jan 28 18:08:07 EST 2018


I was able to run a test in the simulator for an iPad and got the same
results except that I could not lock the orientation (same on iPhone).  If
landscape is the only allowed orientation then it switches immediately even
when the physical orientation does not match.

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 3:08 PM Brian Milby <brian at milby7.com> wrote:

> Some of this is already available at least on iPhone. If you set the only
> allowed orientation (mobileSetAllowedOrientations) to landscape then the
> app will immediately switch regardless of the device lock setting.
>
> I did not see a way to query whether the use has their orientation locked,
> but that really shouldn’t matter. If the app requires a different
> orientation the it should switch to it just like many video apps do when
> showing video.



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