How can I disable landscape orientation?

Question

I am making an iPhone app and I need it to be in portrait mode, so if the user moves the device sideways, it does not automatically rotate. How can I do this?

Answer 1

To disable orientations for a particular View Controller, you should now override supportedInterfaceOrientations and preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation.

- (UIInterfaceOrientationMask)supportedInterfaceOrientations {     // Return a bitmask of supported orientations. If you need more,     // use bitwise or (see the commented return).     return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;     // return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait | UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortraitUpsideDown; }  - (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation {     // Return the orientation you'd prefer - this is what it launches to. The     // user can still rotate. You don't have to implement this method, in which     // case it launches in the current orientation     return UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait; } 

If you're targeting something older than iOS 6, you want the shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation: method. By changing when it returns yes, you'll determine if it will rotate to said orientation. This will only allow the normal portrait orientation.

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {     // Return YES for supported orientations     return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);           // Use this to allow upside down as well     //return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait || interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown); } 

Note that shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation: has been deprecated in iOS 6.0.

Answer 2

Xcode 5 and above

• Click your project in the Project Navigator in the left sidebar to open the project settings
• Go to the General tab.
• Uncheck the options you don't want in the Deployment Info section, under Device Orientation

Answer 3

Xcode 4 and below

For those who missed it: you can use the project settings screen to fix orientations throughout the app (no need to override methods in every controller):

It's as simple as toggling the supported interface orientations. You can find by clicking on your Project in the left panel > the app target > Summary tab.

Answer 4

Most simple solution separate for iPhone and iPad (Universal) - its remove unnecessary orientation in the info.plist file or Project -> Info -> Custom iOS Target Properties.

Just add or remove orientation item from list:

• Supported interface orientation for iPhone
• Supported interface orientations (iPad) for iPad