Loading a UIDatePicker in Landscape on a UINavigationController

Question

I have a custom UINavigationController that supports auto-rotate. I also have a UIDatePicker on one of my views that I throw onto the stack of the Navigation controller. The a

Answer 1

Here's what worked for me. When I create the DatePicker, I make it think it's in portrait mode:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarOrientation: UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait  animated: NO];
datePicker = [[UIDatePicker alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectZero];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarOrientation: curOrientation animated: NO];

So basically, I change the orientation, create the datePicker, and change the orientation back right away to what it was before. I set the picker width (screen width) and height (216) elsewhere.

I got this clue from another page.