title: Can you tell which image the iPad has displayed at app launch? (or, I'd like to know the orientation if possible)
body: <p>There are a number of similar questions on this site about discovering the orientation of the device in <code>applicationDidFinishLaunchingWithOptions</code> being problematic, but I've yet to find a working solution. The problem I have is that I am adding a full screen image (identical to the  currently chosen <code>Default-XXX.png</code> being displayed by the OS to my main window. I do this in order to have an animation happen from the 'splash screen' to my first view controller's view.</p>
  
  <p>Works great, except the device keeps telling me that it is portrait mode - meaning I can't match the image being displayed consistently, since I have different graphics for each orientation)
  My understanding is that all apps default to portrait orientation until a rotation occurs inside the app (usually when presenting a viewController) but I'm not 100% convinced.</p>