Screen Orientation

Contents

Cordova plugin to set/lock the screen orientation in a common way.

Requires Cordova plugin: cordova-plugin-screen-orientation. For more info, please see the Screen Orientation plugin docs.

Installation

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-screen-orientationnpm install @ionic-native/screen-orientation
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ionic enterprise register --key=YOURPRODUCTKEYnpm install @ionic-enterprise/screen-orientation

Supported Platforms

  • Android
  • iOS
  • Windows

Usage

import { ScreenOrientation } from '@ionic-native/screen-orientation/ngx';

constructor(private screenOrientation: ScreenOrientation) { }

...


// get current
console.log(this.screenOrientation.type); // logs the current orientation, example: 'landscape'

// set to landscape
this.screenOrientation.lock(this.screenOrientation.ORIENTATIONS.LANDSCAPE);

// allow user rotate
this.screenOrientation.unlock();

// detect orientation changes
this.screenOrientation.onChange().subscribe(
   () => {
       console.log("Orientation Changed");
   }
);