Xcode: Getting warning “implicit conversion from enumeration type UIDeviceOrientation”

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UIDeviceOrientation refers to the physical orientation of the device whereas UIInterfaceOrientation refers to the orientation of the user interface. When you call your method

[self orientationChanged:interfaceOrientation];

you are most likely passing it a UIDeviceOrientation when you should, according to the method, be using a UIInterfaceOrientation.

Just to expand on this point a bit, UIDeviceOrientation is a property of the UIDevice class, and there are these possible values:

UIDeviceOrientationUnknown – Can’t be determined

UIDeviceOrientationPortrait – Home button facing down

UIDeviceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown – Home button facing up

UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft – Home button facing right

UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight – Home button facing left

UIDeviceOrientationFaceUp – Device is flat, with screen facing up

UIDeviceOrientationFaceDown – Device is flat, with screen facing down

As for UIInterfaceOrientation, it is a property of UIApplication and only contains 4 possibilities which correspond to the orientation of the status bar:

UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait = UIDeviceOrientationPortrait,

UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown = UIDeviceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown,

UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft = UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight,

UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight = UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft

To get UIDeviceOrientation, you use

[[UIDevice currentDevice] orientation]

and to get UIInterfaceOrientation, you use

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation]

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