iOS Screen Orientation

Nanites

Hi,

I'm trying to get sensor_landscape on iOS to work, but so far without any luck. My game rotates perfectly on Android, but on iOS it stays in one fixed orientation - despite it beeing set to sensor_landscape in both cases.

I found this bug: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/28848 which describes pretty much the same behaviour, but I think it can't be completely broken in the way that it never works, or it would have caused more fuss then this bug report with only a few comments, since having the screen not rotate on a major platform is kinda a big issue...

So I guess there must be some setting or something else that causes the bug for me and those in that thread. If someone knows of what it does, or - that would also help - has a demo project where it does not happen, so I can compare all the settings and everything, please let me know. Unless it is actually broken for everyone and just not used much, but I can't really imagine that - so many games are landscape only, and having only one orientation (also the less popular from what I can tell) is somewhat of a problem that should not go unnoticed...

Calinou

Unless it is actually broken for everyone and just not used much, but I can't really imagine that - so many games are landscape only, and having only one orientation (also the less popular from what I can tell) is somewhat of a problem that should not go unnoticed...

Due to the lower barrier of entry, Android is much more popular than iOS among Godot users and developers. Therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if this kind of issue goes unnoticed for a long time. Not to mention that the kind of games made by Godot users tend to favor portrait orientation (which is more friendly to "pick up and play for a few minutes" situations).

Nanites

This honestly surprises me, I thought something like this would be noticed almost instantly...

But reading your comment on Github, it seems like one one line here would fix it?

return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscape;

return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeLeft | UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeRight;

Wish I would be confident in compiling the engine myself and try it out. But I can try I guess... I only need the iOS export template, right?

Calinou

Wish I would be confident in compiling the engine myself and try it out. But I can try I guess... I only need the iOS export template, right?

Yes, as that code is only compiled within the iOS export template. See build instructions here: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/development/compiling/compiling_for_ios.html

You'll have to get the source code that matches the Godot editor version you're using (e.g. 3.4.4), perform the change locally, then export the project to iOS with the custom export template specified in the iOS export preset (in the editor).