Question

how come when i use the following method in didLoad or willAppear with the iPad simulator the device always thinks its in landscape mode when its clearly in portrait.

UIDeviceOrientation orientation = [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation];    
NSLog(@"orientation - %i", UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait(orientation));

this works fine in the iPhone simulator, is there another way to find out the devices orientation?

I have tried adding the supported orientations in the app.plist, but still the simulator thinks its in landscape mode?

Cheers,

Answer 1

UIDeviceOrientation is not the same thing as UIInterfaceOrientation.

Try something like [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation] instead.