How to check in which position (landscape or portrait) is the iPhone now?

Question

I have an app with a tab bar, and nav controllers in each tab. When user shakes the device, a UIImageView appears as a child view in the nav controller. But the

Answer 1

Getting the current orientation

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

    UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];

    if (orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft) {
        NSLog(@"Landscape left");
        self.lblInfo.text = @"Landscape left";
    } else if (orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight) {
        NSLog(@"Landscape right");
        self.lblInfo.text = @"Landscape right";
    } else if (orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait) {
        NSLog(@"Portrait");
        self.lblInfo.text = @"Portrait";
    } else if (orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown) {
        NSLog(@"Upside down");
        self.lblInfo.text = @"Upside down";
    }
}