Determining device type app is running on

Question

I am new to iOS development. How can I know about the device which my application is currently installed. I want the code for checking whether the current device is iPad or iPhone on the iOS simulator.

possible duplicate of [How to detect iPhone 5 (widescreen devices)?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12446990/how-to-detect-iphone-5-widescreen-devices) — Bryan Chen, Apr 08 '14 at 06:03

Satheesh · Answer 1 · 2014-04-08T06:11:23.733

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The best way to find whether the device is iPad or iPhone is

if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
{
     // The device is an iPad running iPhone 3.2 or later.
}
else
{
     // The device is an iPhone or iPod touch.
}

If you want more details on what kind of device, see https://gist.github.com/Jaybles/1323251

edited Apr 08 '14 at 06:11

answered Apr 08 '14 at 06:02

Satheesh

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 08 '14 at 06:13

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if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
{
     // The device is an iPad
}
else
{
     // The device is an iPhone

     if(([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height>520))
     {
        // The device is an iPhone5
     }
     else
     {
        // The device is an iPhone4
     }
}

answered Apr 08 '14 at 06:13

Tapas Pal

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Beyond detecting whether you are running on iPad or iPhone/iPod Touch, I wouldn't treat iPhone 5 as a special case, but write the code to run with any screen size. – gnasher729 Apr 08 '14 at 06:51
user3418619 is commenting on satheeshwaran answer that `i want to know that divice is iphone4 ipnoe5 or Ipad..` – Tapas Pal Apr 08 '14 at 07:18

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 08 '14 at 06:46

Add this code it may help:

#define isiPhone5  ([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 568)?TRUE:FALSE
#define isiPhone  (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == 0)?TRUE:FALSE

And than use as

 if(isiPhone)
            {      

                if (isiPhone5)
                { 

                    //Code for iphone 5

                }
                else
                {
                    //iphone 3.5 inch screen

                }       
            }
            else
            {
                //[ipad]

            }

Happy coding

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 08 '14 at 06:55

Use this

+ (NSString *)yesButWhichDeviceIsIt
{
BOOL hasRetina = NO;
if ([UIScreen instancesRespondToSelector:@selector(scale)]) {
    CGFloat scale = [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale];
    if (scale > 1.0) {
        hasRetina = YES;
    }
}
if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) {
    if (hasRetina) {
        return @"iPad retina";
    } else {
        return @"iPad";
    }
 }
 else {
    if (hasRetina) {
        if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 568){
            return @"iPhone5";
        }
        else
        {
            return @"iPhone4s";
        }
    } else {
        return @"iPhone";
    }
}
}

Here return type is String which will give you device type

You forgot to handle iPhone 4 in your code. the iPhone 5 and 4S is not enough. — klcjr89, Apr 08 '14 at 15:27

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