iOS: How do I figure out the current orientation in viewWillAppear?

Question

I have a UIWebView that I would like to load different URLs depending on whether its portrait or landscape. How can I figure out what my current orientation is inside viewWillAppear?

Answer 1

Use UIApplication's statusBarOrientation property. You may run into problems if you use the device orientation if it is UIDeviceOrientationFaceUp or UIDeviceOrientationFaceDown.

Example

UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation;
if (UIInterfaceOrientationIsLandscape(orientation))
{
   // Do something when in landscape
}
else
{
   // Do something when in portrait
}