Chapter 7. Screen Rotations
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER
How to support the four different types of screen orientations
The various events that are fired when a device rotates
How to reposition the views on a View when the orientation of a device changes
How to change the screen rotation dynamically during runtime
How to set the orientation of your application before it is loaded
The Hello World! application in Chapter 2 showed you how your iPhone application supports viewing in either the portrait or landscape mode. This chapter dives deeper into the topic of screen orientation. In particular, it demonstrates how to manage the orientation of your application when the device is rotated. You will also learn how to reposition your views when the device is rotated so that your application can take advantage of the change in screen dimensions.
Responding to Device Rotations
One of the features that modern mobile devices support is the capability to detect the current orientation — portrait or landscape — of the device. An application can take advantage of this to readjust the device's screen to maximize use of the new orientation. A good example is Safari on the iPhone. When you rotate the device to landscape orientation, Safari automatically rotates its view so that you have a wider screen to view the content of the page (see Figure 7-1).
In the iPhone SDK, there are several events that you can handle to ensure that your application is aware of changes in orientation. Check them out ...
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