fix(ios): update orientations on fold / unfold (iPhone Duo)

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Fixes #115

Depends on #118 (example app: UIScene lifecycle for Xcode 27 + Podfile.lock for RN 0.86). Merge #118 first: without it the example app of this branch crashes on launch with Xcode 27.

Why

On iPhone Duo (iOS 27.1) orientations were not updated when folding / unfolding, and the interface orientation got stuck. Reproduced on the iPhone Duo simulator:

1. Fold / unfold emits no UIDevice orientation event. The scene moves to another screen (only UIScreen.didConnect/didDisconnect + an effectiveGeometry change), but the library only listened to UIDevice.orientationDidChangeNotification, so it never updated.
2. Interface orientation stuck on PORTRAIT when unfolded. For portrait-only apps the library considers itself locked and never re-reads the interface. On the inner display, iOS 27 treats supported interface orientations as a preference and ignores them (resizable environment), so the interface rotates anyway.
3. Device orientation looking "swapped" when unfolded. UIDevice.orientation is relative to the device body, and the inner display is mounted rotated by 90° relative to it. Following the discussion in Incorrect Orientations on iPhone Duo #115, the library reports it as-is, exactly like a native app reads it, instead of reinterpreting it.

What changed

iOS

• SceneGeometryListener (new): KVO on the window scene effectiveGeometry (iOS 16+), now the single source of truth for the interface orientation. Fold / unfold and orientations applied by the system are reported, even for locked apps. (The geometry is updated ~15–30 ms after the sensor notification, so it can't be read from the sensor callback.)
• Read effectiveGeometry.interfaceOrientation instead of the deprecated (iOS 26) UIWindowScene.interfaceOrientation.
• Device orientation = UIDevice.orientation as provided by iOS (no conversion).
• Orientation events are emitted only when the value actually changes.
• lockTo / resetSupportedInterfaceOrientations (iOS 16+): no more optimistic interface updates. On the inner display iOS silently ignores the request (no error, no geometry change), so the actual orientation is reported through the listener.
• iOS < 16 code path unchanged.

Docs

• README: supportedInterfaceOrientations(for:) SceneDelegate variant for iOS 27 (the AppDelegate method is deprecated but still works), iOS 16+ async behavior after lockTo, foldable devices section.

The onDisplayChanged event (listenForDisplayChanges) was split out into a separate PR that builds on this one.

Testing

Device	Result
iPhone Duo simulator — iOS 27.1	fold / unfold, rotations, lock / unlock: interface reflects what is displayed, device orientation matches native UIDevice.orientation
iPhone 16 — iOS 18.5	lockTo, unlock, reset (also from landscape), 4 rotations: no regressions
iPhone 17 — iOS 26.5	same as above: no regressions

yarn lint, yarn expo-plugin lint, yarn typecheck, yarn test pass.

Notes for reviewers

• iOS 15.x not tested: no simulator runtime below iOS 16 was available; that path is unchanged and gated behind #available(iOS 16.0, *).
• isLocked semantics unchanged: it reports whether a lock was requested. On the iPhone Duo inner display iOS ignores it, while the interface orientation always reflects what is displayed.
• Expo plugin unchanged: the Expo SDK 56 template doesn't use UIScene yet, so the injected AppDelegate method is still the right one.

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• Bug Fixes

  • Improved orientation handling on iOS 16 and later to reflect the orientation applied by the active window scene. Orientation change notifications are sent when the reported orientation changes.
  • Device-orientation changes no longer directly change interface orientation on iOS 16 and later.

• Documentation

  • Added guidance on iOS 27 orientation API changes and how orientation locks behave on foldable devices, including the distinction between requested locks and displayed orientation.

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On iOS 16 and later, orientation updates now use application window-scene geometry. Device-orientation updates remain separate, and earlier iOS versions retain interface adaptation. The README adds guidance for iOS 27, system-applied updates, and foldable devices.

Changes

iOS Orientation Handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Scene geometry and orientation utilities ios/implementation/Utils.swift, ios/implementation/SceneGeometryListener.swift	Orientation utilities can read from a specified scene or the current application window scene. The listener observes application-scene activation and geometry changes.
Orientation state updates and documented behavior ios/implementation/OrientationDirectorImpl.swift, README.md	The director uses scene geometry for iOS 16 and later, preserves earlier-version adaptation, and suppresses events for unchanged orientations. The README describes iOS 27 setup, system-applied orientation updates, and foldable-device behavior.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SceneGeometryListener
  participant OrientationDirectorImpl
  participant OrientationListeners
  SceneGeometryListener->>OrientationDirectorImpl: Report scene geometry change
  OrientationDirectorImpl->>OrientationListeners: Emit changed interface orientation

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8bea7

Scene-based orientation reporting addresses the previously identified scene-selection issues. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8bea7

The inspected change remains confined to orientation requests and reporting inside the host application, with no identified privilege expansion. Concurrent-scene ownership and callback ordering remain unverified, so some uncertainty remains.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The inspected path affects application-scene orientation masks and shared orientation events inside the host process. Multiple application scenes could share the affected state; no cross-service or privileged authority expansion was identified in this path.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — No introduced bypass was identified along the inspected JavaScript-to-UIKit path. Caller-supplied orientation values still pass through finite orientation and mask conversions before reaching the existing geometry-request sink. This does not establish complete security coverage.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Requested orientation and system-applied orientation remain distinct. The new producer reads UIKit scene geometry rather than treating the caller’s requested value as proof that the interface changed.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — Scene-transition coverage remains incomplete. Already queued callbacks retain their original scene without checking whether it is still observed, while requests independently select a key window. Concurrent scenes could therefore produce mismatched shared state, but runtime delivery conditions, multi-scene support, and security consequences are not established.

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Inline comments:
In @ios/implementation/SceneGeometryListener.swift:
- Around line 71-75: Update the scene geometry observation in
SceneGeometryListener to pass the observed scene into the callback, then update
OrientationDirectorImpl.onSceneGeometryChanged to use that scene for both
interface orientation and display-relative device orientation reads instead of
Utils.getCurrentWindow().

In @ios/implementation/Utils.swift:
- Line 86: Update getCurrentWindow() to search only UIWindowScene instances
whose session role is .windowApplication before checking their windows for the
key window. Keep the existing screen comparison so the application scene can
still switch between the Duo’s displays.

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