Setting device orientation programmatically won't make simulator to rotate...

Anyone else having this issue? I am using the iPAd Pro simulator 9.7 inch. I set up in the SetUp() method the devide to be .landscapeLeft then I see the actual content of the app rotating but NOT the simulator. Then if you breakpoint and check in the console you'll see that XCode thinks that the device orientation is still in portrate mode...this has screwed up our iPad landscape mode tests that we ran on even days of the month...