The Indian Premier League (IPL) has started and we have all selected our favorite teams. Our eyes are glued to our favorite players, but iPhone users are facing a major problem: manually enabling and disabling the iPhone’s Orientation Lock for certain apps. In this article you will find the best solution for this issue.
Sometimes we need to enable Portrait orientation in our iPhones for certain applications, while other times, we want to watch a video and need to disable Portrait orientation. This enable and disable process can be tedious when switching between apps. Fortunately, there is a solution to this problem.
Instead of swiping down and going to the Control Center every time, why not use some automation? After all, everything is getting automated in today’s time so why not automate your iPhone as well?
How to Automatically Toggle iPhone Orientation Lock for Specific Apps
Here are the steps to set up automation using the Shortcuts app on your iPhone:
- Tap the ‘ + ‘ symbol located in the top-right corner of the screen.
- Scroll down and choose App from the list of options.
- Ensure that both Is Opened and Is Closed are checked, then select Run Immediately and tap on the blue Choose option.
- Select the apps you want the automation to work with (for example, Youtube) then tap Done.
- Tap on Next in the top-right corner.
- You can either start typing “Set Orientation Lock” into the search field or swipe along the “Get Started” row to find the script, then tap to select it.
- Finally tap on Done in the top-right corner to complete the setup.
Hurrah! You have successfully learned how to Automatically Toggle iPhone Orientation Lock for Specific Apps. By following these steps, you will easily achieve this on your iPhone. If you love our article, make sure to share it with your friends and family. By doing this, the next time you open any app that you have set, it will automatically be set to portrait orientation according to your settings. If you want to disable this, you can simply go to shortcuts and delete the automation shortcut created by you.
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