Screen orientation issues on newer iPads (iPadOS 26)

[jicasal]

Bug Report

Plugin(s)

"@capacitor/screen-orientation": "8.0.1"

Capacitor Version

Installed Dependencies:

  @capacitor/cli: 8.0.1
  @capacitor/core: 8.0.1
  @capacitor/android: 8.0.1
  @capacitor/ios: 8.0.1

Platform(s)

iPad (26)

Current Behavior

On newer model iPads with iPadOS 26, screen rotation is not doing the rotation properly;

App starts locked in portrait orientation, full screen size.
At a certain point, I want to lock the orientation to landscape.

The app does kind of rotates to landscape, but the OS turns the app into a smaller "floating" window:

Also, when rotating back to portrait, it preserves the app inside a floating window that is not full screen:

Expected Behavior

App should rotate as if the user rotated it's device, forcing/locking the full screen landscape orientation.
Also, when locking it back to portrait, it should still be full screen.

[jicasal]

One thing I learned, is that this happens only when the iPad has Windowed Apps selected on Settings>Multitasking & Gestures, so maybe this is not an issue but rather an expected feature on newer iPads

[jicasal]

One thing I learned, is that this happens only when the iPad has Windowed Apps selected on Settings>Multitasking & Gestures, so maybe this is not an issue but rather an expected feature on newer iPads

With this in mind, I don't consider this an issue anymore. Closing.

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