How to detect Orientation Change in Custom Keyboard Extension in iOS 8?

Question

In Custom Keyboard Extension , we can\'t use

`didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)fromInterfaceOrientation` 

and

Answer 1

      - (void) viewWillTransitionToSize:(CGSize)size withTransitionCoordinator:(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinator>)coordinator 
    {   
     [coordinator animateAlongsideTransition:^(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext> context) 
        {      UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];      // do whatever 
          } completion:^(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext> context) {    }];       [super viewWillTransitionToSize: size withTransitionCoordinator: coordinator]; 
 }

Answer 2

use viewWillTransitionToSize:(CGSize)size withTransitionCoordinator: inside your viewController

Answer 3

There is a simple way, just looking at the screen width:

 double width = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width;
 double interfaceWidth = MIN([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width, [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height);

 BOOL isPortrait = (width == interfaceWidth) ? YES : NO;

Answer 4

In order to update your custom keyboard when the orientation changes, override viewDidLayoutSubviews in the UIInputViewController. As far as I can tell, when a rotation occurs this method is always called.

Additionally, as the traditional [UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation] doesn't work, to determine the current orientation use the following snippet:

if([UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.width < [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height){
    //Keyboard is in Portrait
}
else{
    //Keyboard is in Landscape
}

Hopefully this helps!