How to set device (UI) orientation programmatically?

Question

Would like everything on the screen (UI) to be able to rotate from landscape left to right or vica versa.

How do I go about doing this? Is this private?

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Answer 1

In Swift to change the orientation to portrait:

UIDevice.currentDevice().setValue(UIInterfaceOrientation.Portrait.rawValue, forKey: "orientation")

See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24259601