(Landscape) Splash screen on mobile not sizing properly when device is held in Portrait

Question

I have a mobile project (AIR) for iPad and iPhone that has landscape splash screens when the user taps the icon. However, when the user is holding the device in portrait mode, the splash screen image opens and resizes a landscape image to show in portrait mode. It really looks bad too! I have only provided landscape images. Do anyone know what is happening here?

Answer 1

Does your app support portrait? If so, you should be providing the necessary portrait icons.
If not, you should be restricting your apps orientation. An event is fired off upon orientation change giving you a chance to control it:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/events/StageOrien tationEvent.html
In my landscape-only apps it's specified in the app XML and then I simply listen for changes. e.g.
// listen for orientation change
stage.addEventListener(StageOrientationEvent.ORIENTATION_CHANGING, _orientationChangeHandler);
// neglect any orientation change that isn't landscape
function _orientationChangeHandler(e:StageOrientationEvent):void
  if (e.afterOrientation == StageOrientation.DEFAULT || e.afterOrientation == StageOrientation.UPSIDE_DOWN)
  e.preventDefault();
Although this may not even be necessary anymore, the XML should really allow orientation specification limits just like device limits. That code allows the user to use landscape or landscape upside down (Apple requires this) and neglects portrait or portrait upside down.