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Rotating the iPad from portrait to landscape allows the side bar to pop up. Want to have full scen on both orientations. Is this an iPad thing or a FB thing?
iPad Air (3rd generation)
it's a facebook thing, the ipad does not enforce special layout behavior of apps running on it
it's a facebook thing, the ipad does not enforce special layout behavior of apps running on it
Many iPad Apps exhibit this behaviour…
In Portrait screen orientation, a sidebar (where used) will usually be exposed as a slide-over; in Landsape, however, the associated sidebar will often be automatically exposed as an element of the App Window. This is a common and consistent feature of the iPad User Interface and App design.
Where implemented by the App Developer, the fixed sidebar can sometimes be hidden by tapping the sidebar button; where available, this icon usually appears at top-left of the App Window. For example:
Some Apps don’t support suppression of the sidebar. This design desision is sometimes implemented so as to simplify App window presenation - in that the main area of the App window is effectively presented in a Portrait-view regardless of the device screen orientation.
How do I Remove the Facebook sidebar for iPad when in portrait mode?
