iPad simulator/device uses iPhone storyboard

Question

So I've created an app for iPhone and I wanted to convert it to iPad, by following steps from this answer.

Duplicate your iPhone-Storyboard and rename it MainStoryboard_iPad.storyboard
Open this file any text editor.
Search for targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch"and change it to targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch.iPad"
Now save everything and reopen Xcode -> the iPad-Storyboard contains the same as the iPhone-file but everyting could be disarranged

Everything is done correctly but iPad simulator/device anyways uses iPhone storyboard. Any suggestions?

I've set iPad storyboard in summary->ipad deployment info->Main storyboard. And main.plist-> Main storyboard file base name (iPad) is set to iPad storyboard.

Please tell me what I am missing.

UPD. Interesting Thing, when I delete iPad storyboard name from ipad deployment info it still uses my iPhone storyboard on device.

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What do you mean Xcode uses iPhone storyboard? When you build for the iPad simulator, it still uses the iPhone storyboards? — danielrsmith, Mar 19 '13 at 15:00

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '13 at 15:05

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Dont forget to add following things in project's info.plist file (Main Storyboard file base name/ Main Storyboard file base name (iPad))

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Hope this helps.

answered Mar 19 '13 at 15:05

Kunal

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yes, info-> Main storyboard file base name (iPad) is set to iPad storyboard. – Vlad Z. Mar 19 '13 at 15:07
This was exactly my problem. Xcode set Main nib file base name (iPad) to Main-iPad.storyboard instead of the correct Main storyboard file base name (iPad) when I upgraded the app to universal. – Dustin May 04 '14 at 18:38

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '13 at 15:14

You could always pick the proper storyboard in the appDelegate and present the appropriate root view controller programatically

@interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate>
{
    UIViewController *rvc;
}

Implementation

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    self.window = [[[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]] autorelease];
    if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) {
       UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"IPAD_Storyboard" bundle:nil];
       rvc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"identifierForController"];
    }
    else {
       UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Storyboard" bundle:nil];
       rvc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"identifierForController"];
    }


    [self.window addSubview:rvc.view];
    self.window.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];

    return YES;
}

not the most xcode-y way to do it, but you seemed to have problems with that route :/, glad i could help. — j_mcnally, Mar 19 '13 at 15:44
This is outdated. Replace the addSubview line with: [self.window setRootViewController:rvc]; — galactikuh, Jun 19 '19 at 12:48

iPad simulator/device uses iPhone storyboard

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