The actual title for this question is longer than I can possibly fit:
Launching an app whose root view controller only supports portrait-orientation but which otherw
I'm in the same situation, and doing [self.window setFrame:...] doesn't work for me.
Adding the following at the end of application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions is the only thing I've found that works. It makes the screen blink and isn't exactly clean and efficient.
I added this at the end of application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:
UIViewController *portraitViewController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
UINavigationController* nc = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:portraitViewController];
[self.navController presentViewController:nc animated:NO completion:nil];
[self.navController dismissViewControllerAnimated:NO completion:nil];
[UIViewController attemptRotationToDeviceOrientation];