Getting device orientation in Swift

Question

I was wondering how I can get the current device orientation in Swift? I know there are examples for Objective-C, however I haven\'t been able to get it working in Swift.

Answer 1

Swift 4:

override func viewWillTransition(to size: CGSize, with coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
        if UIDevice.current.orientation.isLandscape {
            print("landscape")
        } else {
            print("portrait")
        }
    }

Answer 2

Swift 3+

Basically:

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.didOrientationChange(_:)), name: .UIDeviceOrientationDidChange, object: nil)

@objc func didOrientationChange(_ notification: Notification) {
    //const_pickerBottom.constant = 394
    print("other")
    switch UIDevice.current.orientation {
        case .landscapeLeft, .landscapeRight:
            print("landscape")
        case .portrait, .portraitUpsideDown:
            print("portrait")
        default:
            print("other")
    }
}

:)

Answer 3

Apple recently got rid of the idea of Landscape vs. Portrait and prefers we use screen size. However, this works:

override func viewWillTransitionToSize(size: CGSize, withTransitionCoordinator coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
    if UIDevice.currentDevice().orientation.isLandscape.boolValue {
        print("landscape")
    } else {
        print("portrait")
    }
}

Answer 4

Swift 3, based on Rob's answer

override func viewWillTransition(to size: CGSize, with coordinator: UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator) {
    if (size.width / size.height > 1) {
        print("landscape")
    } else {
        print("portrait")
    }
}

Answer 5

I had issues with using InterfaceOrientation, it worked OK except it wasn't accessing the orientation on loading. So I tried this and it's a keeper. This works because the bounds.width is always in reference to the current orientation as opposed to nativeBounds.width which is absolute.

    if UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.height > UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.width {
        // do your portrait stuff
    } else {    // in landscape
        // do your landscape stuff
    }

I call this from willRotateToInterfaceOrientation(toInterfaceOrientation: UIInterfaceOrientation, duration: NSTimeInterval) and from viewDidLoad but it flexible.

Thanks to zSprawl for the pointer in that direction. I should point out that this is only good for iOS 8 and later.

Answer 6

statusBarOrientation is deprecated, so no longer available to use like in above answers

In this code can get orientation without worrying about depreciation. Swift 5 ioS 13.2 Tested 100%

struct Orientation {
    // indicate current device is in the LandScape orientation
    static var isLandscape: Bool {
        get {
            return UIDevice.current.orientation.isValidInterfaceOrientation
                ? UIDevice.current.orientation.isLandscape
                : (UIApplication.shared.windows.first?.windowScene?.interfaceOrientation.isLandscape)!
        }
    }
    // indicate current device is in the Portrait orientation
    static var isPortrait: Bool {
        get {
            return UIDevice.current.orientation.isValidInterfaceOrientation
                ? UIDevice.current.orientation.isPortrait
                : (UIApplication.shared.windows.first?.windowScene?.interfaceOrientation.isPortrait)!
        }
    }
}