ipad application rejected due to only one orientation support

Question

i developed first ipad application. i want to fix orientation to landscape. can i fix only one orientation to ipad application??

Answer 1

Is there any reason for your application to only support one orientation, or is it just laziness on your part?

If the former (such as say, a game or similar), you'll just have to resubmit the app and hope for the best; maybe with some explanatory notes.

If the latter, you're just going to have to man up and restructure your interface to work with all orientations.

Edit: Vis-a-vis point one: Just because it's a game doesn't mean it only needs to support one orientation, but some games, e.g. driving simulators, are inherently landscape-only; but only for the main game part of the application.

Answer 2

IPad apps are required to work in every orientation.

Do you own an iPad? If yes, you should notice that the handling of the device makes it necessary for apps to work in any orientation.

Answer 3

Unlike the iPhone Apple really wants iPad users to be able to hold the device at any orientation. You are just going to have to support landscape and portrait orientations. Fortunately the screen is much closer to a square than the iPhone screen so you won't have to change to much.

Answer 4

I have a similar situation only it's my client saying they want a landscape only ipad app. How do I lock the view to only display in landscape? I've already edited the plist; however, whenever I add a subview, it initializes to portrait...help...