Landscape only displays half the pages on iOS 8

ionic-v1
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I added the following configuration in config.xml to force the view in landscape orientation :

 <preference name="orientation" value="landscape"/>

I get the app to lock in landscape mode. However on iOS 8, only half the pages show up (please see attached screen capture).

  • After experiencing this problem with my app I was able to recreate it
    with the blank ionic starter app.
  • I’m not experiencing this issue with a plain cordova project created
    using the “cordova create” command.
  • I have not made any other changes to the starter app
  • The index.html contains the following meta tag:
    meta name=“viewport” content=“initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no, width=device-width”
  • I’m not seeing this problem on android.
  • If deployed on a phone (not emulator), rotating the device 90 degrees locks the view into landscape mode as expected.

Am I missing any other settings I need to configure to make this work on iOS? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

2

In case anyone else is running into this problem, the only way I was able to resolve it was to remove the “orientation” preference from the config.xml and use the plugin mentioned here:


Thanks @Gajotres !

3

You’re welcome you mysterious stranger :smile:

4

Similar problem… just in iOS 8.1 and 8.2… this suggestion above sort of helped solve the issue (same as screen shot above), however the keyboard is “sideways” now… any thoughts?

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5

I have not seen that one. I know I mentioned this above but for the plugin to work I had to remove the device orientation preference from the Cordova config.xml. I would double check for that and other possible settings that may conflict with the orientation (including settings in Xcode). Just a thought…

6

This happens consistently in iOS 8.1 and 8.2 only. I’ve tried every possible variation (at least, that I can see). Removing the orientation from the config, different settings in Xcode. The issue stems from the app being portrait mode on phone and landscape on iPad.

7

Hi there, I still got the same issue: I added cordova plugins, I also tried without landscape preference into config file but it never worked.
Does anyone got any extra details to avoid this issue on iPad?
Thanks,

8

Hi,

Did anyone ever make any progress on this?

I posted a similar problem here and really eager to find a solution.

Thanks