@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ export function testDisplayedEvent() {
     // global.isDisplayedEventFired flag is set in app.ts application.displayedEvent handler
     TKUnit.assert((<any>global).isDisplayedEventFired, "application.displayedEvent not fired");
 }
+
+export function testOrientation() {
+    TKUnit.assert(app.orientation, "Orientation not initialized.");
+}
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ export function getNativeApplication(): android.app.Application {
     return nativeApp;
 }
 
+export function orientation(): "portrait" | "landscape" | "unknown" {
+    return androidApp.orientation;
+}
+
 on(orientationChangedEvent, (args: OrientationChangedEventData) => {
     const rootView = getRootView();
     if (rootView) {
 
@@ -285,6 +285,12 @@ export function on(event: "discardedError", callback: (args: DiscardedErrorEvent
  */
 export function on(event: "orientationChanged", callback: (args: OrientationChangedEventData) => void, thisArg?: any);
 
+/**
+ * Gets the orientation of the application.
+ * Available values: "portrait", "landscape", "unknown".
+ */
+export function orientation(): "portrait" | "landscape" | "unknown";
+
 /**
  * This is the Android-specific application object instance.
  * Encapsulates methods and properties specific to the Android platform.
 
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const Responder = (<any>UIResponder).extend({
         // NOOP
     }
 }, {
-        protocols: [UIApplicationDelegate]
-    }
+    protocols: [UIApplicationDelegate]
+}
 );
 
 class NotificationObserver extends NSObject {
@@ -415,6 +415,10 @@ function setViewControllerView(view: View): void {
     }
 }
 
+export function orientation(): "portrait" | "landscape" | "unknown" {
+    return iosApp.orientation;
+}
+
 on(orientationChangedEvent, (args: OrientationChangedEventData) => {
     const rootView = getRootView();
     if (rootView) {
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`@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ export function testDisplayedEvent() {`
`21`	`21`	`// global.isDisplayedEventFired flag is set in app.ts application.displayedEvent handler`
`22`	`22`	`TKUnit.assert((<any>global).isDisplayedEventFired, "application.displayedEvent not fired");`
`23`	`23`	`}`
	`24`	`+`
	`25`	`+export function testOrientation() {`
	`26`	`+ TKUnit.assert(app.orientation, "Orientation not initialized.");`
	`27`	`+}`
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`@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const Responder = (<any>UIResponder).extend({`
`39`	`39`	`// NOOP`
`40`	`40`	`}`
`41`	`41`	`}, {`
`42`		`- protocols: [UIApplicationDelegate]`
`43`		`- }`
	`42`	`+ protocols: [UIApplicationDelegate]`
	`43`	`+}`
`44`	`44`	`);`
`45`	`45`
`46`	`46`	`class NotificationObserver extends NSObject {`
`@@ -415,6 +415,10 @@ function setViewControllerView(view: View): void {`
`415`	`415`	`}`
`416`	`416`	`}`
`417`	`417`
	`418`	`+export function orientation(): "portrait" \| "landscape" \| "unknown" {`
	`419`	`+ return iosApp.orientation;`
	`420`	`+}`
	`421`	`+`
`418`	`422`	`on(orientationChangedEvent, (args: OrientationChangedEventData) => {`
`419`	`423`	`const rootView = getRootView();`
`420`	`424`	`if (rootView) {`