2 Answers

• Hey Peter,

  You might already have this working by now, but just in case something like this should work. Just replace backgroundColor with backgroundImage.

  var win = Ti.UI.currentWindow;
  
  var label1 = Titanium.UI.createLabel({
      color:'#999',
      text:'portrait',
      font:{fontSize:20,fontFamily:'Helvetica Neue'},
      textAlign:'center',
      width:'auto'
  });
  
  win.backgroundColor = '#fff';
  win.add(label1);
  
  win.orientationModes = [ 
      Titanium.UI.PORTRAIT, 
      Titanium.UI.UPSIDE_PORTRAIT, 
      Titanium.UI.LANDSCAPE_LEFT, 
      Titanium.UI.LANDSCAPE_RIGHT, 
      Titanium.UI.FACE_UP, 
      Titanium.UI.FACE_DOWN
  ];
  
  function getOrientation(o) {
      switch (o) {
          case Titanium.UI.PORTRAIT: {return 'portrait';}
          case Titanium.UI.UPSIDE_PORTRAIT: {return 'portrait';}
          case Titanium.UI.LANDSCAPE_LEFT: {return 'landscape';}
          case Titanium.UI.LANDSCAPE_RIGHT: {return 'landscape';}
      }
  }
  
  Ti.Gesture.addEventListener('orientationchange',function(e){
      var orientation = getOrientation(e.orientation);
      if (orientation == 'portrait') {
          win.backgroundColor = '#fff';
          label1.text = 'portrait';
      } else {
          win.backgroundColor = '#000';
          label1.text = 'landscape';
      }
  
  });
  

• The posted code will throw compilation errors … can't use curly braces in case statements… Also, the code in the "else" case of the event handler (landscape mode) will execute on every slight movement of the device… the event gets fired a lot.