Orientation Problem while using insertSubview

Question

I get an orientation problem while using the following to code to display a view on top of a split view.

[window addSubview:aSplitViewController.view];
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Answer 1

UIWindow has a subview that it uses for rotations and puts other views inside of that. You need to insert yourself into the root view (or something lower), not the window. Look at -[UIWindow rootViewController].

UIView *rootView = [[[self window] rootViewController] view];
[rootView addSubview:view];

This will work as long as you're using something with a root view controller. This will work as long as rootViewController isn't nil. If you're doing a raw "View Based" application, then it's usually best to pick another view and add your view as its sibling rather than digging through the undocumented hierarchy:

UIView *sibling = ... (some other view)
[[sibling superview] addSubview:view];