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# statusBarOrientation

The current orientation of the app’s status bar.

```
var statusBarOrientation: UIInterfaceOrientation { get set }
```

## Discussion

The value of this property is a constant that indicates an orientation of the status bar. See [`UIInterfaceOrientation`](/documentation/UIKit/UIInterfaceOrientation) for details. Setting this property rotates the status bar to the specified orientation without animating the transition. If your app has rotatable window content, however, you shouldn’t arbitrarily set status-bar orientation using this method. The status-bar orientation set by this method doesn’t change if the device changes orientation. For more on rotatable window views, see [View Controller Programming Guide for iOS](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/featuredarticles/ViewControllerPGforiPhoneOS/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007457).

## See Also

[`-  setStatusBarOrientation:animated:`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/setStatusBarOrientation(_:animated:))

Sets the app’s status bar to the specified orientation, optionally animating the transition.


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