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user5242315
user5242315

Reputation:

Should I enable or disable upside down in my iOS app?

I made an iOS app with some web views an a contact page. You can navigate by using the toolbar on the bottom. I enabled landscape and, of cause portrait mode.

Should I enable upside down in my iOS app, too? Ore should i rather disable it? What is more user-friendly? What do you prefer?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1175

Answers (2)

Massimo Polimeni
Massimo Polimeni

Reputation: 4906

The upside down orientation on iOS was introduced mainly for iPad apps, where it's more common open an app with the device rotated of 180°.

So if your app support iPad you should enable this orientation. As confirmation in Apple Documentation you can read:

Important: It is strongly recommended that your iPad applications support all orientations. This includes portrait, portrait upside-down, landscape left and landscape right. iPad apps that require an orientation must support both variants of that orientation.

Upvotes: 2

Samridhi
Samridhi

Reputation: 286

If your app contains web views and contact pages then you should probably not enable upside down as it may not be user-friendly and cause inconvenience to the user while receiving calls, etc.

However, music and voice memo seems to be some situations where Apple saw fit to enable upside down. The reason is:

1.Voice Memos: Since the main microphone is on the bottom of the device, this app decides to allow this seemingly taboo orientation and kindly rotates the interface for you.

2.Music: It seems to be another case where Apple saw fit to allow an upside down orientation, but only if your device is plugged into, and playing music through, something like a car stereo. Maybe Apple accommodated for that kind of situation where the device often needs to be placed in a strange orientation in order to fit into a car setup.

Check this for reference.

There are also some apps which support upside-down texting. Go through the link for details.

So, it entirely depends on the functionality of your app to decide whether upside-down should be enabled or not. You can provide the use of your app to get more precise answers.

Upvotes: 2

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