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

Use of CMMotionManager may help, but not the above way. The above logic is not a stable one. I have tested throughly and found that by seeing the values of acceleration.x/y/z are not helping to determine the orientation.

Instead, I got a way to find the orientation WRT the angle i.e. float angle = (atan2(accelerometerData.acceleration.y,accelerometerData.acceleration.x))*180/M_PI;

And for orientation,- if(fabs(angle<=45)currOrientation=UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight; else if((fabs(angle)>45)&&(fabs(angle)<135))currOrientation=((angle>0)?UIDeviceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown:UIDeviceOrientationPortrait); else currOrientation = UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft;

This might come handy for someone, though this doesn't help me to find 2 other orientations i.e. UIDeviceOrientationFaceUp & UIDeviceOrientationFaceDown.