iPhone MPMoviePlayer in Landscape Mode - iphone

Question

I want to show an MPMoviePlayer in landscape mode on launch of the application. Now it starts in portrait mode. There are some codes which forces application to launch in landscape mode. But it is said that these code segments belong to private api so app store will not accept the application. Since morning I am trying to find a way, but no result... Can anyone help me?
This is where I am:
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:urlString];
moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:url];
moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleFullscreen;
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
selector:#selector(videoPlayerPlaybackStateChanged:)
name:MPMoviePlayerPlaybackStateDidChangeNotification
object:nil];
[self setWantsFullScreenLayout:YES];
[moviePlayer prepareToPlay];
//For viewing partially.....
moviePlayer.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
//[moviePlayer.view setFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 410)];
[moviePlayer.view setFrame:[self.view bounds]];
moviePlayer.fullscreen = YES;
moviePlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeAspectFill;
[self.view addSubview:moviePlayer.view];
//[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES animated:NO];
[moviePlayer play];
Thank in advance..

Answer 1

Open your project's info.plist under the Resource group in xCode.
select last line and click on the +(plus) icon. Now select the key 'Initial interface orientation' for value 'Landscape (left home button)'.
or you can select any value from the list shown on clicking drop down buttons.

Answer 2

If all your app is gonna be in landscape you can change it at your project's plist. If not, you can also subclass MPMoviePlayerControllerView and implement and do something like this.
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)
interfaceOrientation {
// Return YES for supported orientations.
if (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft
|| interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight) {
return YES;
}
return NO;
}

Answer 3

Use MPMoviePlayerViewController instead of MPMoviePlayerController. It will handle orientation, control style etc. I referred https://stackoverflow.com/a/4911172/3346048 for the same.
MPMoviePlayerViewController *playerView = [[[MPMoviePlayerViewController alloc] initWithContentURL:videoURL] autorelease];
[self presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated:playerView];
and in the AppDelegate.m declare the following function. Which will restrict the orientation to portrait in all cases and will only change when a video is playing:
- (NSUInteger)application:(UIApplication *)application supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow:(UIWindow *)window
{
if ([[self.window.rootViewController presentedViewController] isKindOfClass:[MPMoviePlayerViewController class]])
{
return return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscape;
}
}