Get current orientation of iPad?

Question

In a given event handler (not the \"shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation\" method) how do I detect the current iPad orientation? I have a text field I have to animate up

Answer 1

I think

[[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation];

is not really reliable. Sometimes it works, sometimes not... In my apps, I use

[[UIApplication sharedApplication]statusBarOrientation]; 

and it works great!