[CB-9528] create new core plugin to control screen orientation

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-screen-orientation
• Assignee: Tony Homer
• Reporter: Tony Homer
• Created: 21/Aug/15 02:39
• Updated: 09/Dec/18 12:37
• Resolved: 09/Dec/18 12:37

Description

Create a new core Cordova plugin that enables the user to dynamically control the orientation of their app.
The interface will be based on the screen-orientation spec.

There is a precedent for this behavior being supported as part of Cordova.
Previously iOS supported a non-standard approach to controlling the orientation dynamically (see last entry in this section of the 5.1.1 docs).
Recent platform changes made the iOS-specific approach untenable, but it's removal prompted a discussion about enabling this as a cross-platform feature via a new core plugin.
See related discussion in CB-8047.

The new core plugin will be based on an existing community-created plugin:
https://github.com/gbenvenuti/cordova-plugin-screen-orientation
Work is underway to make the changes needed for it to become a core plugin (switch license to Apache, fix open issues, add tests, update interface to latest spec, etc.).

Issue Links

• duplicates: CB-10258 cordova-plugin-screen-orientation seems dead while it's incompatible with cordova-ios@4.0.x
• is related to: CB-8047 [WKWebView][iOS8] wkwebview / local webserver plugin orientation issue

Sub-Tasks

• Update interface to be based on latest spec: Closed
• Create tests: Closed
• Update docs: Closed
• Update iOS implementation: Closed
• Update Android implementation: Closed
• Update Windows implementation: Closed
• Create Blackberry 10 implementation: Closed
• Create Amazon FireOS implementation: Closed
• Create Firefox OS implementation: Closed