How do you get an iPhone's device name

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If you open Settings -> General -> About, it'll say Bob's iPhone at the top of the screen. How do you programmatically grab that name?

score 222 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 26 '21 at 00:28

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From the UIDevice class:

Swift version:

UIDevice.current.name

Objective-C version:

[[UIDevice currentDevice] name];

The UIDevice is a class that provides information about the iPhone or iPod Touch device.

Some of the information provided by UIDevice is static, such as device name or system version.

source: http://servin.com/iphone/uidevice/iPhone-UIDevice.html

Offical Documentation: Apple Developer Documentation > UIDevice Class Reference

edited Jun 26 '21 at 00:28

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answered Jul 08 '09 at 19:41

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Be careful: the tutorial at that link, while quite useful, is aimed at OS 2.2, and uses some methods that are deprecated in 3.0. – Tim Jul 08 '09 at 19:49
@Tim: You are absolutely right. I didn't think of that. Though, I wasn't suggesting the tutorial; I was simply providing my source of information plus a source for more information. – Frank V Jul 08 '09 at 19:58
@FrankV What permissions should I request from the user in order to get myMusicAppName to change his Iphone name? How do I do that in Swift? Thank you – bibscy Jul 10 '19 at 10:01

score 182 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 26 '13 at 15:47

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In addition to the above answer, this is the actual code:

[[UIDevice currentDevice] name];

edited Sep 26 '13 at 15:47

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answered Oct 27 '11 at 16:19

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Byron Coetsee · Answer 3 · 2019-09-16T09:35:29.627

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Remember: import UIKit

Swift:

UIDevice.currentDevice().name

Swift 3, 4, 5:

UIDevice.current.name

edited Sep 16 '19 at 09:35

answered Jan 17 '15 at 15:31

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Must have import UIKit – DrWhat Jun 09 '16 at 09:37
swift 5.1: UIDevice.current.name – Richard Witherspoon Sep 13 '19 at 19:05
Yes, UIDevice.current.name worked for me in Swift 5. Similarly I can tap into .model .batteryLevel etc Thanks! – marika.daboja Mar 30 '21 at 03:20
UIDevice.current.name its not work under iOS16 (beta3) – Uthen Jul 18 '22 at 17:16

score 14 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 03 '17 at 16:40

Here is class structure of UIDevice

+ (UIDevice *)currentDevice;

@property(nonatomic,readonly,strong) NSString    *name;              // e.g. "My iPhone"
@property(nonatomic,readonly,strong) NSString    *model;             // e.g. @"iPhone", @"iPod touch"
@property(nonatomic,readonly,strong) NSString    *localizedModel;    // localized version of model
@property(nonatomic,readonly,strong) NSString    *systemName;        // e.g. @"iOS"
@property(nonatomic,readonly,strong) NSString    *systemVersion;

score 8 · Answer 5 · edited May 04 '21 at 03:11

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For swift4.0 and above used below code:

    let udid = UIDevice.current.identifierForVendor?.uuidString
    let name = UIDevice.current.name
    let version = UIDevice.current.systemVersion
    let modelName = UIDevice.current.model
    let osName = UIDevice.current.systemName
    let localized = UIDevice.current.localizedModel
    
    print(udid ?? "") // ABCDEF01-0123-ABCD-0123-ABCDEF012345
    print(name)       // Name's iPhone
    print(version)    // 14.5
    print(modelName)  // iPhone
    print(osName)     // iOS
    print(localized)  // iPhone

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answered Oct 13 '20 at 04:18

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this is great. so helful. – Krutika Sonawala Aug 12 '21 at 12:26
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UIDevice.current.name its not work under iOS16 (beta3), Apple changed again. – Uthen Jul 18 '22 at 17:20

score 8 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 14 '23 at 23:00

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Unfortunately from iOS 16 onwards you need a special entitlement. You can request it here: https://developer.apple.com/contact/request/user-assigned-device-name/

answered Jan 14 '23 at 23:00

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score 6 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 06 '16 at 11:44

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For xamarin user, use this

UIKit.UIDevice.CurrentDevice.Name

answered Oct 06 '16 at 11:44

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Thank you. For Swift 3 : UIDevice.current.name – Siddhartha Chikatamalla Mar 05 '17 at 02:00

score 6 · Answer 8 · edited Jun 19 '19 at 14:11

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For Swift 4+ versions, please use the below code:

UIDevice.current.name

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answered Jun 19 '19 at 14:03

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score 4 · Answer 9 · edited Apr 13 '18 at 19:51

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To get an iPhone's device name programmatically

 UIDevice *deviceInfo = [UIDevice currentDevice];

 NSLog(@"Device name:  %@", deviceInfo.name);

// Device name: my iPod

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answered Sep 25 '14 at 07:18

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score 4 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 15 '22 at 08:22

Device Name would not work out of Box now, Need to have a special entitlement.

Entitlement : com.apple.developer.device-information.user-assigned-device-name

Doc : https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/708275

Official : https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uidevice/1620015-name

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 04 '19 at 03:04

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In Unity, using C#:

SystemInfo.deviceName;

answered Feb 04 '19 at 03:04

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Nov 03 '22 at 10:24

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As of iOS 16 name cannot be used for that and unfortunately I couldn't find an alternative. From UIKit.UIDevice:

open var name: String { get } // Synonym for model. Prior to iOS 16, user-assigned device name (e.g. @"My iPhone").

answered Nov 03 '22 at 10:24

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