Question

Hey all. I have a fairly simple question. I am developing a “rich” iPad app, and I have two background images specifically designed for landscape and portrait. I’d like this ImageView to automatically change depending on the devices orientation. (like pretty much all of Apples iPad apps).

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I’m assuming it would be something I do on viewDidLoad..

Answer 1

The best thing you can do is to change the frames of your subview frames according to your interface orientations. You can do it like:

 #pragma mark -
 #pragma mark InterfaceOrientationMethods

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
    return (UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait(interfaceOrientation) || UIInterfaceOrientationIsLandscape(interfaceOrientation));
}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- (void)willRotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)toInterfaceOrientation duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration{
    [super willRotateToInterfaceOrientation:toInterfaceOrientation duration:duration];
    if(UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait(toInterfaceOrientation)){
        //self.view = portraitView;
        [self changeTheViewToPortrait:YES andDuration:duration];

    }
    else if(UIInterfaceOrientationIsLandscape(toInterfaceOrientation)){
        //self.view = landscapeView;
        [self changeTheViewToPortrait:NO andDuration:duration];
    }
}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- (void) changeTheViewToPortrait:(BOOL)portrait andDuration:(NSTimeInterval)duration{

    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:duration];

    if(portrait){
        //change the view and subview frames for the portrait view
    }
    else{   
        //change the view and subview  frames for the landscape view
    }

    [UIView commitAnimations];
}

Hope this helps.