How to force a UIViewController to Portrait orientation in iOS 6

Question

As the ShouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation is deprecated in iOS 6 and I used that to force a particular view to portrait only, what is the c

Answer 1

This answer relates to the questions asked in the comments of the OP's post:

To force a view to appear in a given oriention put the following in viewWillAppear:

UIApplication* application = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
if (application.statusBarOrientation != UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait)
{
    UIViewController *c = [[UIViewController alloc]init];
    [self presentModalViewController:c animated:NO];
    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:NO];
}

It's a bit of a hack, but this forces the UIViewController to be presented in portrait even if the previous controller was landscape

UPDATE for iOS7

The methods above are now deprecated, so for iOS 7 use the following:

UIApplication* application = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
if (application.statusBarOrientation != UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait)
{
     UIViewController *c = [[UIViewController alloc]init];
     [c.view setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]];
     [self.navigationController presentViewController:c animated:NO completion:^{
            [self.navigationController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:^{
            }];
     }];
}

Interestingly, at the time of writing, either the present or dismiss must be animated. If neither are, then you will get a white screen. No idea why this makes it work, but it does! The visual effect is different depending on which is animated.