@robingenz/capacitor-screen-orientation

Capacitor plugin to lock/unlock the screen orientation.

Usage no npm install needed!

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README


Screen Orientation

@robingenz/capacitor-screen-orientation

Capacitor plugin to lock/unlock the screen orientation.


Maintainers

Maintainer GitHub Social
Robin Genz robingenz @robin_genz

Installation

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

iOS

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

+ import RobingenzCapacitorScreenOrientation

@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 '@robingenz/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(...)

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

Locks the device orientation.

Param Type
options LockOptions

unlock()

unlock() => Promise<void>

Unlocks the device orientation.


getCurrentOrientation()

getCurrentOrientation() => Promise<GetCurrentOrientationResult>

Gets the current device orientation type.

Returns: Promise<GetCurrentOrientationResult>


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


removeAllListeners()

removeAllListeners() => Promise<void>

Remove all listeners for this plugin.


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.