Swift - How to detect orientation changes

Question

I want to add two images to single image view (i.e for landscape one image and for portrait another image)but i don\'t know how to detect orientation changes using swift lan

Answer 1

To get the correct orientation on app start you have to check it in viewDidLayoutSubviews(). Other methods described here won't work.

Here's an example how to do it:

var mFirstStart = true

override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
    super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
    if (mFirstStart) {
        mFirstStart = false
        detectOrientation()
    }
}

func detectOrientation() {
    if UIDevice.current.orientation.isLandscape {
        print("Landscape")
        // do your stuff here for landscape
    } else {
        print("Portrait")
        // do your stuff here for portrait
    }
}

override func viewWillTransition(to size: CGSize, with coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
    detectOrientation()
}

This will work always, on app first start, and if rotating while the app is running.

Answer 2

Swift 3 Above code updated:

override func viewWillTransition(to size: CGSize, with coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
    super.viewWillTransition(to: size, with: coordinator)

    if UIDevice.current.orientation.isLandscape {
        print("Landscape")
    } else {
        print("Portrait")
    }
}

Answer 3

You can use viewWillTransition(to:with:) and tap into animate(alongsideTransition:completion:) to get the interface orientation AFTER the transition is complete. You just have to define and implement a protocol similar to this in order to tap into the event. Note that this code was used for a SpriteKit game and your specific implementation may differ.

protocol CanReceiveTransitionEvents {
    func viewWillTransition(to size: CGSize)
    func interfaceOrientationChanged(to orientation: UIInterfaceOrientation)
}

override func viewWillTransition(to size: CGSize, with coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
        super.viewWillTransition(to: size, with: coordinator)

        guard
            let skView = self.view as? SKView,
            let canReceiveRotationEvents = skView.scene as? CanReceiveTransitionEvents else { return }

        coordinator.animate(alongsideTransition: nil) { _ in
            if let interfaceOrientation = UIApplication.shared.windows.first?.windowScene?.interfaceOrientation {
                canReceiveRotationEvents.interfaceOrientationChanged(to: interfaceOrientation)
            }
        }

        canReceiveRotationEvents.viewWillTransition(to: size)
    }

You can set breakpoints in these functions and observe that interfaceOrientationChanged(to orientation: UIInterfaceOrientation) is always called after viewWillTransition(to size: CGSize) with the updated orientation.

Answer 4

All previous contributes are fine, but a little note:

a) if orientation is set in plist, only portrait or example, You will be not notified via viewWillTransition

b) if we anyway need to know if user has rotated device, (for example a game or similar..) we can only use:

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(ViewController.rotated), name: NSNotification.Name.UIDeviceOrientationDidChange, object: nil)

tested on Xcode8, iOS11

Answer 5

Swift 4.2, RxSwift

If we need to reload collectionView.

NotificationCenter.default.rx.notification(UIDevice.orientationDidChangeNotification)
    .observeOn(MainScheduler.instance)
    .map { _ in }            
    .bind(to: collectionView.rx.reloadData)
    .disposed(by: bag)

Swift 4, RxSwift

If we need to reload collectionView.

NotificationCenter.default.rx.notification(NSNotification.Name.UIDeviceOrientationDidChange)
    .observeOn(MainScheduler.instance)
    .map { _ in }            
    .bind(to: collectionView.rx.reloadData)
    .disposed(by: bag)

Answer 6

Swift 4

I've had some minor issues when updating the ViewControllers view using UIDevice.current.orientation, such as updating constraints of tableview cells during rotation or animation of subviews.

Instead of the above methods I am currently comparing the transition size to the view controllers view size. This seems like the proper way to go since one has access to both at this point in code:

override func viewWillTransition(to size: CGSize, with coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
    super.viewWillTransition(to: size, with: coordinator)
    print("Will Transition to size \(size) from super view size \(self.view.frame.size)")

    if (size.width > self.view.frame.size.width) {
        print("Landscape")
    } else {
        print("Portrait")
    }

    if (size.width != self.view.frame.size.width) {
        // Reload TableView to update cell's constraints.
    // Ensuring no dequeued cells have old constraints.
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            self.tableView.reloadData()
        }
    }


}

Output on a iPhone 6:

Will Transition to size (667.0, 375.0) from super view size (375.0, 667.0) 
Will Transition to size (375.0, 667.0) from super view size (667.0, 375.0)