README.md

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This project has been moved to the following monorepo: capawesome-team/capacitor-plugins.

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Screen Orientation

@capawesome/capacitor-screen-orientation

Capacitor plugin to lock/unlock the screen orientation.

Maintainers

Maintainer	GitHub	Social
Robin Genz	robingenz	@robin_genz

Sponsors

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Installation

npm install @capawesome/capacitor-screen-orientation
npx cap sync

iOS

On iOS you must add the following to your app's AppDelegate.swift:

+ import CapawesomeCapacitorScreenOrientation

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {

+ func application(_ application: UIApplication, supportedInterfaceOrientationsFor window: UIWindow?) -> UIInterfaceOrientationMask {
+   return ScreenOrientation.getSupportedInterfaceOrientations()
+ }

Configuration

No configuration required for this plugin.

Demo

A working example can be found here: robingenz/capacitor-plugin-demo

Usage

import { ScreenOrientation, OrientationType } from '@capawesome/capacitor-screen-orientation';

const lock = async () => {
  await ScreenOrientation.lock({ type: OrientationType.LANDSCAPE });
};

const unlock = async () => {
  await ScreenOrientation.unlock();
};

const getCurrentOrientation = async () => {
  const result = await ScreenOrientation.getCurrentOrientation();
  return result.type;
};

API

• lock(...)
• unlock()
• getCurrentOrientation()
• addListener('screenOrientationChange', ...)
• removeAllListeners()
• Interfaces
• Type Aliases
• Enums

lock(...)

lock(options: LockOptions) => Promise<void>

Locks the device orientation.

Param	Type
options	LockOptions

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unlock()

unlock() => Promise<void>

Unlocks the device orientation.

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getCurrentOrientation()

getCurrentOrientation() => Promise<GetCurrentOrientationResult>

Gets the current device orientation type.

Returns: Promise<GetCurrentOrientationResult>

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addListener('screenOrientationChange', ...)

addListener(eventName: 'screenOrientationChange', listenerFunc: ScreenOrientationChangeListener) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

Listen for screen orientation changes.

Param	Type
eventName	'screenOrientationChange'
listenerFunc	ScreenOrientationChangeListener

Returns: Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

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removeAllListeners()

removeAllListeners() => Promise<void>

Remove all listeners for this plugin.

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Interfaces

LockOptions

Prop	Type	Description
type	OrientationType	The orientation lock type.

GetCurrentOrientationResult

Prop	Type	Description
type	OrientationType	The current orientation type.

PluginListenerHandle

Prop	Type
remove	() => Promise<void>

ScreenOrientationChange

Prop	Type	Description
type	OrientationType	The current orientation type.

Type Aliases

ScreenOrientationChangeListener

Callback to receive the screen orientation change notifications.

(change: ScreenOrientationChange): void

Enums

OrientationType

Members	Value	Description
LANDSCAPE	'landscape'	The orientation is either landscape-primary or landscape-secondary.
LANDSCAPE_PRIMARY	'landscape-primary'	The orientation is in the primary landscape mode.
LANDSCAPE_SECONDARY	'landscape-secondary'	The orientation is in the secondary landscape mode.
PORTRAIT	'portrait'	The orientation is either portrait-primary or portrait-secondary.
PORTRAIT_PRIMARY	'portrait-primary'	The orientation is in the primary portrait mode.
PORTRAIT_SECONDARY	'portrait-secondary'	The orientation is in the secondary portrait mode.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.

License

See LICENSE.