Using UIImagePickerController in landscape orientation

Question

I am creating an app which is in landscape mode and I am using UIImagePickerController to take photos using iPhone camera in it and I want to create it in landscape mode too.

But as the Apple documention suggests UIImagePickerController does not support landscape orientation, so what should I do to get desired functionality?

Answer 1

If you'd like to use UIImagePickerController in landscape mode, use user1673099's answer, but instead of:

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate {     return NO; } 

use:

- (UIInterfaceOrientationMask)supportedInterfaceOrientations{     return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscape; } 

and then the picker would open in landscape mode:

But make sure you check Portrait in deployment info:

Answer 2

... and I want to create it in landscape mode too.

One line of code can make a big difference! In the method or function where your IBAction lands:

In Swift,

let imagePickerController = UIImagePickerController() imagePickerController.delegate = self // .overCurrentContext allows for landscape and portrait mode imagePickerController.modalPresentationStyle = .overCurrentContext 

Objective-C,

UIImagePickerController *imagePickerController = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init]; [imagePickerController setDelegate:self]; [imagePickerController setModalPresentationStyle: UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext]; 

Note: This will allow imagePickerController to present it's view correctly, but will may not fix the issue of rotation while it is presented.