Unable to force UIViewController orientation

Question

I have a portrait application with one landscape ViewController.

I\'ve been digging a lot on how to force the orientation to landscape when the app is locked to port

Answer 1

try this for force to LandscapeRight mode only

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillAppear(animated)

        if(self.supportedInterfaceOrientations() == UIInterfaceOrientationMask.LandscapeRight && UIDevice.currentDevice().orientation != UIDeviceOrientation.LandscapeRight)
        {
            let value = UIInterfaceOrientation.LandscapeRight.rawValue
            UIDevice.currentDevice().setValue(value, forKey: "orientation")
        }

    }

and then use a category like this

    import UIKit

extension UINavigationController{

    override public func shouldAutorotate() -> Bool
    {
    return (self.viewControllers.last?.shouldAutorotate())!
    }

    override public func supportedInterfaceOrientations() ->UIInterfaceOrientationMask
    {
    return (self.viewControllers.last?.supportedInterfaceOrientations())!;
    }

    override public func preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation()-> UIInterfaceOrientation
    {
    return (self.viewControllers.last?.preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation())!;
    }

}

EDITED

If you are not using navigation controller use this

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillAppear(animated)

        if(self.supportedInterfaceOrientations() == UIInterfaceOrientationMask.LandscapeRight && UIDevice.currentDevice().orientation != UIDeviceOrientation.LandscapeRight)
        {
            let value = UIInterfaceOrientation.LandscapeRight.rawValue
            UIDevice.currentDevice().setValue(value, forKey: "orientation")
        }

    }

    override func supportedInterfaceOrientations() ->UIInterfaceOrientationMask
    {
        return .LandscapeRight;
    }

I hope this helps you

Answer 2

probably I´m crazy ;-), but why don´t u use this?

Answer 3

As an update to Reinier Melian's post, here is the UINavigationController extension in Swift 3:

import UIKit

extension UINavigationController {
    override open var shouldAutorotate: Bool {
        return (self.viewControllers.last?.shouldAutorotate)!
    }

    override open var supportedInterfaceOrientations: UIInterfaceOrientationMask {
        return (self.viewControllers.last?.supportedInterfaceOrientations)!
    }

    override open var preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation: UIInterfaceOrientation {
        return (self.viewControllers.last?.preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation)!
    }
}

Unfortunately, this code crashes if you call a UIImagePickerController, as that is contained within a UINavigationController whose last view controller is nil.