interface building landscape question

wootbean · 11-09-2009, 09:27 PM

Hi I have another possibly stupid question but I can't figure it out...I made a simple app I wrote launch in landscape, but when I open the MainWindow.xib file with interface builder it always shows up in portrait

how do I change that?

PixelthisMike · 11-09-2009, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by wootbean

Hi I have another possibly stupid question but I can't figure it out...I made a simple app I wrote launch in landscape, but when I open the MainWindow.xib file with interface builder it always shows up in portrait

how do I change that?

There's a little arrow in the top right corner of the view window, give that a whirl

wootbean · 11-09-2009, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PixelthisMike

There's a little arrow in the top right corner of the view window, give that a whirl

Thank you

wootbean · 11-09-2009, 10:45 PM

aah now I have another problem:
in interface builder my window looks like this

but in the simulator it gets messed up:

how do you fix this?

PixelthisMike · 11-09-2009, 10:47 PM

Have you changed the "Initial interface orientation" in your plist file? Hopefully that should do it, orientations always confuse me

wootbean · 11-09-2009, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PixelthisMike

Have you changed the "Initial interface orientation" in your plist file? Hopefully that should do it, orientations always confuse me

I made it Landscape (right home button I think)

**kohjingyu** · 11-09-2009, 11:34 PM

Remove the info.plist initial interface orientation and do it in code instead, it always works for me.

wootbean · 11-10-2009, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by froggy1233

Remove the info.plist initial interface orientation and do it in code instead, it always works for me.

nothing changed

Is this the right code?

[application setStatusBarOrientation: UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight animated:YES];

PixelthisMike · 11-10-2009, 07:36 PM

Try putting the following in your highest level view controller:

Code:

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
    // Return YES for supported orientations
    return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight);
}

For example I created a test prject called LandscapeTest. I made the change to the plist file, turned the nib view to landscape and added a nav bar and toolbar. Then I added the above code to LandscapeTestViewController.m.

Make sense? Works for me