Is it possible to have one layout per device instead of auto layout?

Question

In XCode, I would like to have a different layout according to the device used. For example, if it's an iPad, I would like an image to be aligned to the left with some text to the right, while on an iPhone 7, I would like the image to be above the text. A little like a responsive website where we can manage the layouts according to the device width.

Is it possible in XCode using Storyboards? Or should I just keep working using the auto layout feature?

Thanks!

you really should use autolayout, one day when apple decides to add a new screen size for their phones, your apps layout will break without an update which could take you a while to push out depending how much UI your app has — Fonix, Jan 10 '17 at 08:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 13 '17 at 10:22

With the help of autolayout, we can achieve the different layout on different screen sizes. You can change constants values for difference size classes in Storyboard.

Step:-

Select the constant we want to change the value in other size classes.
In the attribute inspector after selecting the constant, you can see the value of the constant. Right beside you can see the PLUS (+) sign, left of the "constant".
Click on it and select your size class that you want.
Give it a new value.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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I found this answer to answer your question.

However, if as you said you only want different displays for iPads and iPhones, you can differentiate them in this simple way:

if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad {

    // Show iPad UI

} else {

    // Show iPhone UI

}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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