UISplitViewController and orientation - iOS < 5.0

Question

I am using a splitviewcontroller as the rootview of my application. I need to show the login and registration views as a modal view on top of the splitviewcontroller. When i

Answer 1

If I remember correctly, iOS misreports the actual orientation until the first rotation.

Also IIRC, using [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation] circumvents this problem.