useOrientation Hook

The useOrientation hook is designed for both React web and mobile applications, providing a comprehensive solution to monitor and respond to orientation changes. This hook can track the orientation of the device or a specific HTML element, offering valuable data for responsive and dynamic UIs.

Features

• Dynamic Orientation Tracking: Continuously updates with the device's current orientation angle and type, as well as the orientation of a specified element.
• Versatile Usage: Capable of tracking either the device's window or a specified element's orientation.
• Detailed Information: Provides orientation angle, type (landscape or portrait), aspect ratio, and orientation state of the referenced element.
• Server-Side Rendering (SSR) Compatibility: Handles environments without a window object, making it suitable for server-side rendering.

Installation

Install Specific Hook

npm install @custom-react-hooks/use-orientation

or

yarn add @custom-react-hooks/use-orientation

Install Complete Hook Collection

npm install @custom-react-hooks/all

or

yarn add @custom-react-hooks/all

Importing the Hook

The useOrientation hook must be imported using a named import as shown below:

Named Import:

import { useOrientation } from '@custom-react-hooks/use-orientation';

This approach ensures that the hook integrates seamlessly into your project, maintaining consistency and predictability in how you use our package.

Usage Example

import React, { useRef } from 'react';
import { useOrientation } from '@custom-react-hooks/all';

const OrientationComponent = () => {
  const elementRef1 = useRef(null);
  const elementRef2 = useRef(null);

  const elementOrientation1 = useOrientation(elementRef1, false);
  const elementOrientation2 = useOrientation(elementRef2, false);
  const windowOrientation = useOrientation(undefined, true);

  return (
    <div>
      <div ref={elementRef1}>
        <strong>Element 1: </strong> {elementOrientation1.elementOrientation}
        <br />
        <strong>Aspect Ratio:</strong>
        {elementOrientation1.aspectRatio ? elementOrientation1.aspectRatio.toFixed(2) : 0}
      </div>
      <div ref={elementRef2}>
        <strong>Element 2: </strong>
        {elementOrientation2.elementOrientation}
        <br />
        <strong>Aspect Ratio:</strong>
        {elementOrientation2.aspectRatio ? elementOrientation2.aspectRatio.toFixed(2) : 0}
      </div>
      <p>Window Orientation: {windowOrientation.type}</p>
    </div>
  );
};

export default OrientationComponent;

In this example, the useOrientation hook is used to monitor the orientation of both the device's window and a specific image element.

API Reference

Parameters

• elementRef (Optional): A React RefObject to an HTML element.
• trackWindow (Optional): Boolean to track the device's window orientation.

Returns

• angle: The current orientation angle of the device or element in degrees.
• type: The orientation type ('landscape-primary', 'landscape-secondary', 'portrait-primary', 'portrait-secondary').
• aspectRatio: The aspect ratio of the referenced element (if provided).
• elementOrientation: The orientation of the referenced element ('landscape' or 'portrait').

Use Cases

• Responsive Design: Adjust layouts and UI elements based on device orientation.
• Device Orientation Features: Implement features that depend on device orientation, like games or 3D views.
• Element-Specific Orientation: Change the functionality or display of specific elements based on their orientation.
• Aspect Ratio Detection: Detect and respond to changes in the aspect ratio of an element.

Contributing

We welcome contributions to improve useOrientation. Feel free to submit issues or pull requests to the repository for enhancements, bug fixes, or documentation improvements.