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Question on auto-rotation in ui.view
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I am writing a script for my iPhone using the ui module. I want the view to display in only the portrait orientation and not auto-rotate. I have been using the script in the "Getting Started" documentation to figure out how to do that. From the description of the present() method, I thought changing the last line in that script from "view.present('screen')" to either "view.present('portrait')" or "view.present('full_screen', 'portrait')" would work. Neither did the trick. Any suggestions on how to do this would be appreciated.
Jim
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view.present(orientations=["portrait"])works for me. I remember that thepresentmethod is a bit strange with its arguments - if it gets an unexpected argument value, it silently ignores it (even with obvious errors like incorrect types). In this particular case you need to pass a list of valid orientations, not a single string. I don't remember if the explicitorientationsparameter name is necessary, but even if it isn't, it's easier to understand this way. -
Thank you! This solved the problem. The orientations parameter does appear to be necessary.
