Rotation IOS Simulator vs Reality

Question

I am having issues with Storyboards AutoRotation and the iPhone. I've put together a VERY simple project with 3 view controllers which I uploaded to gitHub to demonstrate the issue

I've tested this on the following devices:

• IPAD 3
• IPHONE 5s
• Simulator (iphone / ipad)

Everything seems to work perfectly on the iPad & Simulator (Iphone/Ipad) but when I run it on the 5s it does not rotate correctly.

On the iPhone it will rotate the alert view but not the view controller it appears

On the simulator this is the result (which looks correct)

Code for sample project can be found at:
https://github.com/jlss/RotationIssues

I am happy and willing to try ANY suggestions anybody has.

Things of Note: (I am using the call objc_msgSend([UIDevice currentDevice], @selector(setOrientation:), UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft); ) but as far as I can tell this should be ok.

RotationControlledViewController.m

//
//  RotationControlledViewController.m
//  ASGAARD
//
//  Created by Jeff Stein on 2/16/14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 Jeff Stein. All rights reserved.
//

#import "RotationControlledViewController.h"

@interface RotationControlledViewController ()

@end

@implementation RotationControlledViewController

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
        // Custom initialization
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

-(BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
    BOOL ret =  [[self.viewControllers lastObject] shouldAutorotate];
//    NSLog(@"--Auto Roatate Reported %d", ret);
    return ret;
}



-(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
    NSUInteger ret = [[self.viewControllers lastObject] supportedInterfaceOrientations];

//    NSLog(@"--supportedInterfaceOrientations: %d", ret);


    return ret;
}

- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation
{
    UIInterfaceOrientation ret =  [[self.viewControllers lastObject] preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation];

//    NSLog(@"--preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation: %ld",ret);
    return ret;
}


@end

PortraitViewController.m

//
//  PortraitViewController.m
//  ASGAARD
//
//  Created by Jeff Stein on 2/16/14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 Jeff Stein. All rights reserved.
//

#import "PortraitViewController.h"
#import "objc/message.h"

@interface PortraitViewController ()

@end

@implementation PortraitViewController

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
        // Custom initialization
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.

     objc_msgSend([UIDevice currentDevice], @selector(setOrientation:), UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Portrait Alert" message:@"This is portrait view" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"ok" otherButtonTitles:nil];
    [alert show];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}



-(BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
    return YES;
}

- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
    return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}

- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation
{
    return UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait;
}



@end

LandscapeViewController

//
//  LandscapeViewController.m
//  ASGAARD
//
//  Created by Jeff Stein on 2/16/14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 Jeff Stein. All rights reserved.
//

#import "LandscapeViewController.h"
#import "objc/message.h"

@interface LandscapeViewController ()

@end

@implementation LandscapeViewController

- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
        // Custom initialization
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    objc_msgSend([UIDevice currentDevice], @selector(setOrientation:), UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft);

    NSLog(@"Issuing a rotation message (hopefully");
}

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Landscape Alert" message:@"This is landscape view" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"ok" otherButtonTitles:nil];
    [alert show];
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

-(BOOL)shouldAutorotate
{
    return YES;
}


-(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
    return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscape;
}

- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation
{
    return UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft;
}

@end

And lastly i have a simple storyboard with:

Answer 1

Unfortunately you cannot do this if you are using push segues. You have to use modal.