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IPhone/IPad: How to get screen width programmatically?
How to get orientation-dependent height and width of the screen?

Accounting for the various iOS devices and orientations, what is the simplest approach to getting the current screen resolution, including height and width?

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colindunn
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    Or also [How to get orientation-dependent height and width of the screen?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7905432/how-to-get-orientation-dependent-height-and-width-of-the-screen/7905540#7905540). – Kurt Revis Jan 03 '13 at 08:19
  • Here you have it: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3655104/iphone-ipad-how-to-get-screen-width-programmatically – Amar Kulo Jan 03 '13 at 08:20
  • Neither of those techniques worked for me. – colindunn Jan 03 '13 at 08:21
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    What exactly didn't work? We can't help you if you don't tell us what your actual problems are. – Kurt Revis Jan 03 '13 at 08:27
  • @KurtRevis thanks for your feedback. I realize now that I wasn't accounting for the fact that in landscape, the height effectively becomes the width. – colindunn Jan 03 '13 at 08:28

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UIScreen is your friend here. 

CGRect screenRect = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
CGFloat screenWidth = screenRect.size.width;
CGFloat screenHeight = screenRect.size.height;
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    Thank you. I realize now that I wasn't accounting for the fact that in landscape, the height effectively becomes the width. – colindunn Jan 03 '13 at 08:24
  • If you combine the above with UIDevice, you get a nice ENUM that tells you exactly the orientation of the device. `UIDeviceOrientation deviceOrientation = [UIDevice currentDevice].orientation;` – EricWasTaken Sep 25 '15 at 01:44
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CGRect screenBounds = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];

That will give you the entire screen's resolution in points, so it would most typically be 320x480 for iPhones. Even though the iPhone4 has a much larger screen size iOS still gives back 320x480 instead of 640x960. This is mostly because of older applications breaking.

Hope it helps you..

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