<key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations</key>
    <array>
        <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
        <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
        <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
    </array>

//deprecated
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
}

- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations{
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}

- (NSUInteger)application:(UIApplication *)application supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow:(UIWindow *)window

@interface MyTabBarController : UITabBarController
            {
            }
            @end

            @implementation MyTabBarController

            // put your shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation and other overrides here
            - (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
                return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);
            }

            - (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations{
                return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
            }

        @end

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate;
{
    return YES;
}

- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations
{
    if ([[self topViewController] respondsToSelector:@selector(supportedInterfaceOrientations)])
        return [[self topViewController] supportedInterfaceOrientations];
    else
        return [super supportedInterfaceOrientations];
}

- (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation {
    return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft
         || interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight);
}