Question

I have a video such that when I play it in full view and flip the simulator horizontally the video would not flip. How can I make the video flip according to the iPhone’s accelerometer?

Here is the code for the video if it helps:

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {

    NSBundle *bundle=[NSBundle mainBundle];
    NSString *moviePath = [bundle pathForResource:@"MainPageMovie" ofType:@"mp4"];
    NSURL *movieURL=[[NSURL fileURLWithPath:moviePath] retain];
    MPMoviePlayerController *theMovie = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:movieURL];
    theMovie.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
    theMovie.view.frame = CGRectMake(115.0, 156.0, 200.0, 150.0);
    [self.view addSubview:theMovie.view];
    [theMovie play];

    [super viewDidLoad];
    self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor viewFlipsideBackgroundColor];
}

Answer 1

Your MPMoviePlayerController view is added as a subview to another view controller’s view. In that parent view controller, have you overridden shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation method?
If you are just looking for landscape (horizontal) rotation, you can have your code as below:

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
    // Overriden to allow any orientation.
    return ((interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft) || (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight));
}