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tom barnes
tom barnes

Reputation:

Force iPhone web app to landscape mode

How do you force an iPhone web app (not a native app) into landscape mode?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 8108

Answers (2)

user141682
user141682

Reputation: 442

I don't know how to force it on startup, but I found a neat way to make your content scale correctly when changing from Portrait to Landscape, especially if you're using canvas.

<head>
  <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.6; maximum-scale=1.0; width=device-width; "/>
  ...
</head>

So, as soon as your user flips the phone to landscape mode, your page will appear in the correct scale.

Upvotes: 5

davidfg4
davidfg4

Reputation: 486

I do not think it is possible to force the device into landscape mode. It is possible to detect when the device is in landscape mode. See here for example javascript: http://www.engageinteractive.co.uk/blog/2008/06/19/tutorial-building-a-website-for-the-iphone/

Upvotes: 1

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