iPhone Landscape FAQ and Solutions

Question

There has been a lot of confusion and a set of corresponding set of questions here on SO how iPhone applications with proper handling for Landscape/Portrait mode autorotatio

Answer 1

For the second bullet point, if you want to use pushViewController to go from Portrait-only to Landscape-only view, one simple hack I found is to put the following code into your pushed controller's viewDidLoad:

UIViewController *viewController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
[self presentModalViewController:viewController animated:NO];
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:NO];
[viewController release];