get screen orientation

Description

Return the current orientation of the mobile device.

Arguments

• variable

  (Optional) Variable to receive the returned value.

  Possible returned values:

  • portrait
  • landscape

Valid contexts

This action may be used within the following project items: test modules and user-defined actions.

Applicable Systems/Platforms

Use of this action is supported on the following systems/platforms: iOS.

Notes

• If the variable in argumentvariablehas not been declared, the action creates it as a global.
• If the variable argument is left empty, TestArchitect supplies a global variable with the name _result.
• This action supports the <ignore> modifier. If the string <ignore> is present as the value of the argument, or the argument contains an expression that evaluates to <ignore>, the action is skipped during execution.

Applicable Built-In Settings

The following settings are applicable to this action: remove double quotes from cells.

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Related information

set screen orientation