iOS device orientation disregarding orientation lock

Question

I want to query the orientation the iPhone is currently in. Using

[UIDevice currentDevice].orientation

works as long as the device isn\'t

Answer 1

my solution using coremotion,it work even when the device has his orientation locked.

    let motionManager: CMMotionManager = CMMotionManager()

on the did load method

motionManager.deviceMotionUpdateInterval = 0.01
    if motionManager.accelerometerAvailable{
        let queue = NSOperationQueue()
        motionManager.startAccelerometerUpdatesToQueue(queue, withHandler:
            {data, error in

                guard let data = data else{
                    return
                }
                let angle = (atan2(data.acceleration.y,data.acceleration.x))*180/M_PI;

                print(angle)
                if(fabs(angle)<=45){
                    self.orientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientation.LandscapeLeft
                    print("landscape left")
                }else if((fabs(angle)>45)&&(fabs(angle)<135)){

                    if(angle>0){
                        self.orientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientation.PortraitUpsideDown
                        print("portrait upside Down")


                    }else{
                        self.orientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientation.Portrait
                        print("portrait")

                    }
                }else{
                    self.orientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientation.LandscapeRight
                    print("landscape right")

                }


            }
        )
    } else {
        print("Accelerometer is not available")
    }

hope it helps.