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

This was addressed by: Guntis Treulands https://stackoverflow.com/a/10146270/894671

//-----------------------------------
// FORCE PORTRAIT CODE
//-----------------------------------
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarOrientation:UIDeviceOrientationPortrait animated:NO];
//present/dismiss viewcontroller in order to activate rotating.
UIViewController *mVC = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
[self presentModalViewController:mVC animated:NO];
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:NO];