@capawesome/capacitor-screen-orientation¶

Capacitor plugin to lock/unlock the screen orientation.

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`

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.

Credits¶

This plugin is based on the Capacitor Screen Orientation plugin. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the project!