iPhone screen orientation logic

Damir

Hi Peter, I am still frustrated by the screen orientation logic.
I can not get it to do what I need.
Good news is everything now feels solid.
In landscape I use lyrics and song view as default.
In portrait mode I am forced to use full screen lyrics as there is no song mode, fine.
When I go to landscape again I loose my default view and get lyrics only , this frustrates me.
If I am playing a song in landscape and am using my lyrics if I swap to portrait mode I get song selection as default , this is a big no no to me as I need my lyrics .
This all seems confusing to me, and I can’t get it to do what I need.
My suggestion to simplify everything and make it absolutely easy for everyone is , in STOP mode whatever screen you choose to see by selecting the view you want becomes the default setting when in play mode , this then allows us to set our preferred views and just get on with the show.
The automatic change from lyrics to song view in portrait mode at end of song to still be there as it’s very handy .
Next
If I decide to choose a song to play next it automatically changes to the lyrics screen so I can use them without having to hit the top view button as I might want to just sing without backing first then introduce the backing.
This all would make the software very simple to use for everyone no matter which way they run.
At the moment my brain just can’t work out the logic the way it is now.

peter

The sidebar state is global. So if you close the sidebar in one orientation it will stay closed in the other orientation.

peter

On further thought I am still convinced the current way the sidebar is handled is the easiest to understand. When the sidebar is opened and you change orientation, it stays open and the other way around. I will not make this context dependent and therefore harder to understand.

Damir

peter On further thought I am still convinced the current way the sidebar is handled is the easiest to understand. When the sidebar is opened and you change orientation, it stays open and the other way around. I will not make this context dependent and therefore harder to understand.

I have no issues with the sidebar settings option as is.
I have Hide sidebar in playback ON.
For the reason I want to see my song list on end of song in portrait mode as there is no song list available in this view.

I am talking about the way changing orientation forces me to a window I don’t need.
We are talking iPhone here, as iPad does not suffer from this logic.
Example
In play mode
In Landscape mode I have my song and lyrics , if I turn to portrait I get song list , why!
I don’t need song I need lyrics at all times as song plays.
Now I am forced to switch views, this is unnecessary extra work.
If I was in STOP mode then I could see the point of going to song mode in portrait as I might want to choose another song.
In play mode I need my lyrics on the change of orientation instead.

If I am in portrait mode and choose lyrics if I turn to landscape it remains as lyrics.
If in portrait I choose song in landscape I get song and lyrics.

I suppose my only issue is when in play mode changing orientation when in landscape with song and lyrics I expect lyrics when turning to portrait as lyrics are more important then song choice at that moment.
So I expect a logic change when in play mode and changing orientation from landscape to portrait to show me lyrics instead.
I hope this makes sense.
The other option which I would like the most but it’s not possible, is have song lyrics showing in both orientations
Where in portrait you place the song selection below the lyrics which I think might work better than landscape because I only need a few lines of lyrics at any one time anyway. This would simplify changing orientation as it would just give you the same view you have chosen.
Anyway hope you see my problem ,
I need my lyrics at all times.
Cheers