How to check in which position (landscape or portrait) is the iPhone now?

Question

I have an app with a tab bar, and nav controllers in each tab. When user shakes the device, a UIImageView appears as a child view in the nav controller. But the UIImageView must contain a special image, depending on the device's current orientation.

If I write just

- (void)willAnimateRotationToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)    if (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait || interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown) {     //Code    }    else if (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight||interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft) {    //Code    } } 

The view just goes crazy if user rotated the device before shaking.

Is there a method to get iPhones current orientation?

Answer 1

Here are macros UIDeviceOrientationIsLandscape and UIDeviceOrientationIsPortrait

so rather checking separately you can do it like this ...

if (UIDeviceOrientationIsLandscape([UIDevice currentDevice].orientation)) {     // code for landscape orientation       } 

OR

 if (UIDeviceOrientationIsPortrait([UIDevice currentDevice].orientation))  {      // code for Portrait orientation         } 

Answer 2

Use the [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation] method, as specified here.