swiftui-interface-orientation

The view modifier that Apple forgot. SwiftInterfaceOrientation allows you to easily specify the orientations that are supported by your SwiftUI views.

Usage

Attach the .interfaceOrientations modifier to any SwiftUI view to specify the interface orientations that are supported by that view. As long as the view is visible, rotation to the specified orientations will be allowed.

For example, the following view will be restricted to the .portrait orientation, unless the Toggle is switched on:

import InterfaceOrientation

struct MyView: View {
    @State private var isLandscapeAllowed = false

    var body: some View {
        Toggle("Allow landscape", isOn: $isLandscapeAllowed)
            .interfaceOrientations(isLandscapeAllowed ? [.portrait, .landscape] : .portrait)
    }
}

Setup

Create an application delegate using @UIApplicationDelegateAdaptor, and implement application(_:supportedInterfaceOrientationsFor:):

private class AppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate {
    func application(_ application: UIApplication, supportedInterfaceOrientationsFor window: UIWindow?) -> UIInterfaceOrientationMask {
        InterfaceOrientationCoordinator.shared.supportedOrientations
    }
}

Multiple views

If orientations are specified by multiple views, the supported orientations for the app are defined by the lowest common denominator (i.e. the intersection of all specified orientations).

For example, given the following code, the only allowed orientation is .portrait because that is the only orientation which is supported by all views:

VStack {
    A().interfaceOrientations([.portrait, .landscape])
    B().interfaceOrientations([.portrait, .portraitUpsideDown])
}

Default orientations

When there are no views that specify custom orientations, a set of default orientations will be used.

SwiftInterfaceOrientation attempts to read this set from the Info.plist, but you can set it manually using InterfaceOrientationCoordinator.shared.defaultOrientations

Overriding default orientations

Views are allowed to support orientations that are not present in the set of default orientations.

This means that if a view supports .landscapeLeft, the interface can rotate to landscape, even when the default orientations don't include .landscapeLeft.

iPad

When running on iPad, SwiftInterfaceOrientation needs some extra configuration to work. You need to do one of the following:

1. Set UIRequiresFullScreen to YES in the Info.plist
2. Make sure that not all the orientations are selected in the Deployment Info for the project. For example, only select 'Portrait'. You can still specify and support other orientations using the view modifier.