Rotation only in one ViewController

I'd recommend using supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow in your appDelegate to allow rotation only in that specific view controller, ex:

Swift 4/Swift 5

func application(_ application: UIApplication, supportedInterfaceOrientationsFor window: UIWindow?) -> UIInterfaceOrientationMask {

    // Make sure the root controller has been set
    // (won't initially be set when the app is launched)
    if let navigationController = self.window?.rootViewController as? UINavigationController {

        // If the visible view controller is the
        // view controller you'd like to rotate, allow
        // that window to support all orientations
        if navigationController.visibleViewController is SpecificViewController {
            return UIInterfaceOrientationMask.all
        } 

        // Else only allow the window to support portrait orientation
        else {
            return UIInterfaceOrientationMask.portrait
        }
    }

    // If the root view controller hasn't been set yet, just
    // return anything
    return UIInterfaceOrientationMask.portrait
}

Note that if that SpecificViewController is in landscape before going to a portrait screen, the other view will still open in landscape. To circumvent this, I'd recommend disallowing transitions while that view is in landscape.

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Swift 3

func application(application: UIApplication, supportedInterfaceOrientationsForWindow window: UIWindow?) -> Int {

    // Make sure the root controller has been set
    // (won't initially be set when the app is launched)
    if let navigationController = self.window?.rootViewController as? UINavigationController {

        // If the visible view controller is the
        // view controller you'd like to rotate, allow
        // that window to support all orientations
        if navigationController.visibleViewController is SpecificViewController  {
            return Int(UIInterfaceOrientationMask.All.rawValue)
        }

        // Else only allow the window to support portrait orientation
        else {
            return Int(UIInterfaceOrientationMask.Portrait.rawValue)
        }
    }

    // If the root view controller hasn't been set yet, just
    // return anything
    return Int(UIInterfaceOrientationMask.Portrait.rawValue)
}

You can also do it in a protocol oriented way. Just create the protocol

protocol CanRotate {

}

Add the the same 2 methods in the AppDelegate in a more "swifty" way

func application(_ application: UIApplication, supportedInterfaceOrientationsFor window: UIWindow?) -> UIInterfaceOrientationMask {
    if topViewController(in: window?.rootViewController) is CanRotate {
        return .allButUpsideDown
    } else {
        return .portrait
    }
}


func topViewController(in rootViewController: UIViewController?) -> UIViewController? {
    guard let rootViewController = rootViewController else {
        return nil
    }

    if let tabBarController = rootViewController as? UITabBarController {
        return topViewController(in: tabBarController.selectedViewController)
    } else if let navigationController = rootViewController as? UINavigationController {
        return topViewController(in: navigationController.visibleViewController)
    } else if let presentedViewController = rootViewController.presentedViewController {
        return topViewController(in: presentedViewController)
    }
    return rootViewController
}

And in every ViewController that you want a different behaviour, just add the protocol name in the definition of the class.

class ViewController: UIViewController, CanRotate {}

If you want any particular combination, they you can add to the protocol a variable to override

protocol CanRotate {
    var supportedInterfaceOrientations: UIInterfaceOrientationMask
}