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copied!<p>This is a common problem: if you instantiate a view controller, the add its view to another view controller´s view through <code>addSubview</code>, then the first controller will not get any autorotation related called.</p> <p>To cope with this use case, Apple added to iOS5 what is called as <em><code>UIViewController</code> Containment</em>, where you can add a child controller to another controller; then all relevant methods (<code>viewWillAppear/Disappear</code>; autorotation methods etc. will be auto-routed to child controllers).</p> <p>Here are the essential methods you might need to call:</p> <pre><code>addChildViewController: removeFromParentViewController willMoveToParentViewController: didMoveToParentViewController: </code></pre> <p>Have a look at <a href="http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/uikit/reference/UIViewController_Class/Reference/Reference.html" rel="nofollow">Implementing a Container View Controller</a> for detailed info.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cocoanetics.com/2012/04/containing-viewcontrollers/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> you can find a tutorial that will give you step-by-step instructions as to how to use containment.</p> <p>Keep in mind that this will only work for iOS>5, so if you need to support iOS4, you are out of luck. In any case, you might try to build a workaround by relaying the relevant messages to your sub controllers. E.g., in a app of mine, this is what <code>willAnimateRotationToInterfaceOrientation</code> and <code>didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation</code> look like:</p> <pre><code>- (void)willAnimateRotationToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation duration:(NSTimeInterval)duration { [self.mainButtonBarController willAnimateRotationToInterfaceOrientation:interfaceOrientation duration:duration]; [self.boardController willAnimateRotationToInterfaceOrientation:interfaceOrientation duration:duration]; } - (void)didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)fromInterfaceOrientation { [self.mainButtonBarController didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation:fromInterfaceOrientation]; [self.boardController didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation:fromInterfaceOrientation]; } </code></pre> <p>I.e., they simply forward the same message to the child controllers. You can do the same for other methods you need (<code>shouldAutorotate...</code>, etc.)</p>

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