Signal-ios: [video call] no display rotation

[andyggg]

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Bug description

During a video call, the screen will not rotate when turning the iPhone from portrait to landscape orientation.

Steps to reproduce

• start a video call with someone (in portrait orientation)
• turn the iPhone to landscape

Actual result: the video of your partner does not rotate correspondingly. Thus, your conversation partner is not displayed upright but 90° turned.

Expected result: the video of your partner should be rotated in correspondence with the orientation of the iPhone.

Note: interestingly, the tiny video of yourself that is taken by the front camera is rotated correctly.

Device info

Device: iPhone X, iPhone Air 2

iOS version: 12.4

Signal version: 2.41.0.21

[rbaker2019]

Can confirm this bug persists in the current stable version on the app store.

Device: iPhone XR
iOS version: 13.3.1
Signal version: 3.6.1.4

[ElCoffee]

For debuging purposes: it seems that if you start a call when your phone is already in landscape mode, the video call will be in landscape.

[zhsnv]

The issue is still here on the iPad app. People tend to use the iPad in horizontal orientation. However, video calls are not rotated. I have contacted the support service a couple of days ago and haven’t heard anything yet.

[metal3d]

Problem still present on Android version - didn't checked the beta version yet