UIImagePickerController camera view rotating strangely on iOS 8 (pictures)

Question

I have a very simple application: - All orientations are permitted with only a button on a screen - The button show a UIImagePickerController (to take a photo)

Answer 1

I found an easy and accurate patch to resolve this issue. Add following code before presenting UIImagePickerController:

if (iOS8_Device)
{
            if([[UIDevice currentDevice]orientation] == UIDeviceOrientationFaceUp)
            {
                if([UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft)
                {
                    [[UIDevice currentDevice]setValue:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight] forKey:@"orientation"];
                }
                else
                {
                    [[UIDevice currentDevice]setValue:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft] forKey:@"orientation"];
                }
            }
}

Also you need to subclass UIImagePickerController and override following method as below to work it better.

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
    [super shouldAutorotate];
    return NO;
}

After using above code it will work for both landscape orientation well and the orientation will not be changed to UIDeviceOrientationFaceUp mode.