Question

I have the following code to fill a view according to the orientation. This always returns landscape.

- (void)setData:(BCPlaylist *)list  {
UIDeviceOrientation orientation = [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation];
    if (orientation == UIDeviceOrientationPortrait || orientation == UIDeviceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown){
      NSLog(@"portrait");
      [self setPlaylist:list];
      [self renderPlaylist];
      [activity stopAnimating];
    }else{
      NSLog(@"landscape");
      [self setPlaylist:list];
      [self renderPlaylistOne];
      [activity stopAnimating];
     }
}

I change views correctly in - (void)animateRotation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation
duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration {
But that doesn’t work when already in landscape or portrait when changing a playlist.

Answer 1

Instead of using [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation] for checking orientation use statusbar orientation to get the exact orientation.

    UIDeviceOrientation orientation = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation;