[expo-screen-orientation] Screen orientation does not lock or trigger with EAS Build

Summary

On a built app with EAS build, calling https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/screen-orientation/#screenorientationlockasyncorientationlock does not trigger the screen to rotate and lock on iOS. When the app isn’t built with EAS build, and created with expo build, the screen orientation lock async function works.

Could possibly be related to: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/11558

Managed or bare workflow? If you have `ios/` or `android/` directories in your project, the answer is bare!

managed

What platform(s) does this occur on?

iOS

SDK Version (managed workflow only)

Environment

Expo CLI 4.12.10 environment info: System: OS: macOS 11.6 Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh Binaries: Node: 14.15.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.1/bin/node Yarn: 3.0.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.1/bin/yarn npm: 6.14.8 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.1/bin/npm Watchman: 2021.06.07.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman Managers: CocoaPods: 1.11.2 - /usr/local/bin/pod SDKs: iOS SDK: Platforms: iOS 14.5, DriverKit 20.4, macOS 11.3, tvOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4 Android SDK: API Levels: 30, 31 Build Tools: 29.0.2, 30.0.2, 31.0.0 System Images: android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-31 | Android TV Intel x86 Atom, android-31 | ARM 64 v8a, android-31 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-31 | Google TV Intel x86 Atom, android-31 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a, android-31 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-31 | Google Play ARM 64 v8a, android-31 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64 IDEs: Android Studio: 4.1 AI-201.8743.12.41.6953283 Xcode: 12.5.1/12E507 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild npmPackages: expo: ^43.0.0 => 43.0.1 react: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 react-dom: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 react-native: 0.64.2 => 0.64.2 react-native-web: 0.17.1 => 0.17.1 npmGlobalPackages: expo-cli: 4.12.10 Expo Workflow: bare

Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

Create a build with EAS Build for iOS
Call the function https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/screen-orientation/#screenorientationlockasyncorientationlock
Foregrounding/backgrounding the app and calling the function again does not trigger the screen to lock orientation.

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Created 2 years ago
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silberistgoldcommented, Dec 13, 2021

Experiencing the same issue. Used to work before transitioning to eas build, but now calling ScreenOrientation.lockAsync(ScreenOrientation.OrientationLock.LANDSCAPE_RIGHT) does nothing.

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ironforwardcommented, Nov 22, 2021

also using EAS and experiencing this behavior.

i can call ScreenOrientation.unlockAsync() and then ScreenOrientation.getPlatformOrientationLockAsync() will return

{
  screenOrientationArrayIOS: [
    1, // Orientation.PORTRAIT_UP
    3, // Orientation.LANDSCAPE_LEFT
    4, // Orientation.LANDSCAPE_RIGHT
  ]
}

however, the screen will not rotate when tilting the phone – made sure portrait lock was turned off on the phone too.

calling ScreenOrientation.lockAsync(OrientationLock.LANDSCAPE_RIGHT) does not have any effect either, but no errors are thrown.

app.json does have "orientation": "portrait"; however, the expo-screen-orientation docs say it will override this and, at least from what it’s returning in the getPlatformOrientationLockAsync, it does seem to think it’s overriding it.

edit: also did set expo.ios.requireFullScreen = true as the expo-screen-orientation docs say to do.

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