How do I detect the interface or device orientation in a MessagesExtension app?

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In order to set the videoOrientation of an AVCaptureSession, I need to know the current orientation the user is in (i.e. portrait, landscapeLeft, etc.).

Using UIDevice.current.orientation always returns unknown, even when initiating device orientation changes with UIDevice.current.beginGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications() and UIDevice.current.isGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications is returning true
Apple has deprecated interfaceOrientation for the UIViewController.
Trying UIApplication.shared.statusBarOrientation yields 1 Error and 1 Warning:
- Error: 'shared' is unavailable in application extensions for iOS: Use view controller based solutions where appropriate instead.
- Warning: 'statusBarOrientation' was deprecated in iOS 13.0: Use the interfaceOrientation property of the window scene instead.

There does not appear to be a window scene at all in Messages App Extensions.

Does anyone know how to detect the orientation from a Messages Extension? Ultimately I'm trying to re-create a camera view in landscape since UIImagePickerController does not support landscape for the Camera.

Its looks like here solution: https://stackoverflow.com/a/61749704 — Bimawa, Nov 29 '20 at 12:29
@Bimawa Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately, Messages App Extensions don't have a window scene at all from what I can tell. — monkee, Dec 25 '20 at 01:08
Hmm, maybe this help to you: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37329460/887325 — Bimawa, Dec 26 '20 at 14:58

How do I detect the interface or device orientation in a MessagesExtension app?

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