How to get iPhones current orientation?

Question

Is there a special method to get iPhones orientation? I don\'t need it in degrees or radians, I want it to return an UIInterfaceOrientation object. I just need it for an if-else

Answer 1

This is most likely what you want:

UIInterfaceOrientation interfaceOrientation = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];

You can then use system macros like:

if (UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait(interfaceOrientation))
{

}

If you want the device orientation use:

UIDeviceOrientation deviceOrientation = [[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation];

This includes enumerations like UIDeviceOrientationFaceUp and UIDeviceOrientationFaceDown