Question

If I’m in a UIViewController class that is currently being presented as a popover, how do I detect what orientation I’m in?

I’ve tried the usual self.interfaceOrientation but this always returns Portrait even when the device is in landscape. What’s the correct way to do this?

Answer 1

You could use

 [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation

or you could work with notifications after an orientation change

[[UIDevice currentDevice] beginGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(orientationChanged:) name:UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification object:nil];