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lgriffin
lgriffin

Reputation: 197

UIImagePicker in landscape mode - How to rotate UIAlertViews?

In iOS6, How do i rotate UIAlertViews on top of a UIImagePicker when the device is in landscape mode? They are only loading up in portrait, but the app is landscape only. I had to manually rotate a custom cameraOverlayView (UIView), but i don't know how to do this with alerts?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 254

Answers (2)

Midhun MP
Midhun MP

Reputation: 107121

For doing this, You need to subclass the UIImagePicker class.

@interface yourImagePicker :UIImagePicker 
{
}
@end

and you need to implement the shouldAutoRotate method in the implementation and return only landscape mode

@implementation yourImagePicker 

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
    return [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation] != UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait;
}
@end

And you need to create yourImagePicker instance instead of UIImagePicker

Upvotes: 0

LombaX
LombaX

Reputation: 17364

The problem is that the UIImagePickerController supports only portrait mode:

From Apple Documentation The UIImagePickerController class supports portrait mode only. This class is intended to be used as-is and does not support subclassing. The view hierarchy for this class is private and must not be modified, with one exception. You can assign a custom view to the cameraOverlayView property and use that view to present additional information or manage the interactions between the camera interface and your code.

So, when the picker is open, the device orientation is reported as portrait, and the UIAlertView are showed in portrait mode. Sure, using some "hack" you could rotate the UIAlertView, but the app will probably be rejected during the review.

The only "legal" way is to create your own image picker

Upvotes: 1

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