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iPhone orientation

Depending on what orientation the iPad is in, I need to either set the table view’s background or remove it because it doesn’t work with the popover.

I tried this but no luck:

if( [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft ){
    self.navigationController.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"background.png"]]; 
    self.tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    NSLog(@"test");

Maybe there is a better way? To see if table is master or popover, then set background?

Answer 1

There are several ways to achieve what you want, more or less:

1. UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation];
2. A more hack-ish method would be to check the width of the status bar.

If you go with option 1, then you can check the orientation like so:

switch (orientation) {
    case UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait:
        // Do something.
        break;
    case UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown:
        // Do something.
        break;
    case UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft:
        // Do something.
        break;
    case UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight:
        // Do something.
        break;
}

EDIT: To get your application to automatically rotate, you can do this:

- (BOOL)willAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
    if ((interfaceOrientation == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight)) NSLog(@"Right");
    if ((interfaceOrientation == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft)) NSLog(@"Left");
    if ((interfaceOrientation == UIDeviceOrientationPortrait)) NSLog(@"Up");
    if ((interfaceOrientation == UIDeviceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown)) NSLog(@"Down");
    return YES;
}