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chris-praxis

opened on Nov 10, 2026

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Issue Description

Handling screen orientation changes is no longer working for me on iOS, possibly due to the iOS 27 update but I'm not sure. I'm using Vue but I doubt that's the issue here. The way I do it is straightforward...

<script>
    ...
    const App = require("@nativescript/core/application")
    ...

    onPageLoaded()
    {
        App.on(App.orientationChangedEvent, this.onOrientationChanged);
    },
    onOrientationChanged(args)
    {
        console.log("*** onOrientationChanged: "+args.newValue);
    }

'onOrientationChanged' is called on Android (module 9.1.1) but not on iOS (module 9.1.0).

I verified that this is the case with a simple test app.

Reproduction

Run the 'myVue3TabsTest' sample project I'm providing. Notice that the label showing orientation does not change when iOS device is rotated. It does change (works) on Android.

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Environment

OS: macOS 27.0.1
CPU: (14) arm64 Apple M4 Max
Shell: /bin/zsh
node: 25.2.1
npm: 11.20.0
nativescript: 9.1.2

# android
java: 17.0.17
ndk: 27.0.12077973
apis: Not Found
build_tools: Not Found
system_images: Not Found

# ios
xcode: 27.0/27A266a
cocoapods: 1.16.2
python: Not Found
python3: 3.9.6
ruby: 2.6.10
platforms: 
  - DriverKit 27.0
  - iOS 27.0
  - macOS 27.0
  - tvOS 27.0
  - visionOS 27.0
  - watchOS 27.0

Dependencies

"dependencies": {
  "@nativescript/core": "~9.1.0",
  "nativescript-vue": "^3.1.2"
},
"devDependencies": {
  "@nativescript/tailwind": "^4.0.0",
  "@nativescript/types": "~9.0.0",
  "@nativescript/webpack": "~5.0.31",
  "@types/node": "^20.0.0",
  "tailwindcss": "^4.0.0",
  "typescript": "~6.0.0"
}

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1. chris-praxis

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   bug-pending-triageReported bug, pending triage to confirm.Reported bug, pending triage to confirm.

   on Nov 10, 2026
2. chris-praxis commented on Nov 10, 2026

   

   chris-praxis

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3. chris-praxis commented on Nov 12, 2026

   

   chris-praxis

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   Detecting device orientation changes in Objective-C works.

   - (id) init
   {
       self = [super init];
       if(!self)
           return nil;
   
       [[UIDevice currentDevice] beginGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications];
       [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
          addObserver:self selector:@selector(orientationChanged:)
          name:UIDeviceOrientationDidChangeNotification
          object:[UIDevice currentDevice]];
   
       return self;
   }
   
   -(void) orientationChanged: (NSNotification *)note
   {
       UIDevice *device = note.object;
       Print("orientationChanged: %d", (int)device.orientation);
   }
   
4. chris-praxis commented on Nov 12, 2026

   

   chris-praxis

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   If I remove beginGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications from the code above, it still works, so presumably that's being called elsewhere.
5. chris-praxis commented on Nov 12, 2026

   

   chris-praxis

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   "application.ios.js" uses 'didChangeStatusBarOrientation' which has long been deprecated.

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