Question

I have an iPad in which I start at a landscape left orientation, however when I do:

UIDeviceOrientation orientation = [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation];

it doesn’t detect it as landscape left. I had to rotate it to portrait mode and then back to landscape left again, and then when I check the orientation, now it’s correct. However, initially when it’s launched it is not correct. Why is this? How do I resolve this?

Answer 1

Never use the Device Orientation if you would like to determine the Interface Orientation!

If you have a reference to the RootViewController of your main window, you could ask it for its interfaceOrientation.
If you don’t, use [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation to determine the Interface Orientation.