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

You can achieve this by two ways:

1- By using the following method:

**Put the following line in the -(void)viewDidLoad Method:

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(deviceRotated:) name:UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification object:nil];

then put this method inside your class

-(void)deviceRotated:(NSNotification*)notification
{

   UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];
    if(orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft || orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight)
    {
        //Do your textField animation here
    }
}

The above method will check the orientation when the device will be rotated

2- The second way is by inserting the following notification inside -(void)viewDidLoad

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(checkRotation:) name:UIApplicationDidChangeStatusBarOrientationNotification object:nil];

then put the following method inside your class

-(void)checkRotation:(NSNotification*)notification
{
    UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation;
    if(orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft || orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight)
    {
         //Do your textField animation here
    }
}

The above method will check the orientation of the status bar of the ipad or iPhone and according to it you make do your animation in the required orientation.