iOS - Allow Landscape mode on videos only

Question

I have videos throughout my app. Some using MPMoviePlayerController, others in a UIWebView with YouTube. I want my app to be totally portrait. However, I want to give the user the option to flip to landscape when there's a video (not force, but optional).

I've been searching the web for an answer, but I haven't found anything yet.

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

I had the same issue and fixed it by adding this in my app delegate, basically allowing Landscape orientation only on subclasses of MPMoviePlayerViewController:

#import <MediaPlayer/MediaPlayer.h>

@implementation UIViewController (orientationFix)

-(NSUInteger) supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
    if ([[self class] isSubclassOfClass:[MPMoviePlayerViewController class]]) {
        return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscape;
    }
    return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}

- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation
{
    if ([[self class] isSubclassOfClass:[MPMoviePlayerViewController class]]) {
        return UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft | UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight;
    }
    return UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait;
}

@end

@implementation MyAppDelegate
.
.
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@end