Question

i want to allow the should rotate, based on the target orientation

[[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation] 

however the code above, when used in shouldRotate holds the current (old) orientation, not the target orientation

- (BOOL) shouldAutorotate {

    return YES;
}

Answer 1

Okay I figured it out. Return YES in shouldAutorotate always and then do this:

- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
    if ([UIDevice currentDevice].orientation == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft) {
        // Allow if you can
    } else if ([UIDevice currentDevice].orientation == UIDeviceOrientationPortrait) {
        // Allow if you can
    }
    // so on
}