how to know is it iphone or ipad?

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i want to know the user uses the iphone or ipad,if the user uses the iphone i want to open the camera,if he uses the ipad or runs in simulator i want to open the library. how it is possible? how to find the details of devices? how to know current using device by user through xcode?

score 23 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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NSString *deviceType = [UIDevice currentDevice].model;

if([deviceType isEqualToString:@"iPhone"])
{
     //your code
}
.....

Hope this helps.

EDIT:

See this thread -determine-device-iphone-ipod-touch-with-iphone-sdk .

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Mar 24 '11 at 07:21

Vaibhav Tekam

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score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 10 '11 at 06:21

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[[UIDevice currentDevice].model hasPrefix:@"iPhone"]

Use the "hasPrefix" so that it works in simulator.

answered Aug 10 '11 at 06:21

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score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '11 at 07:24

You should not determine whether there is a camera by looking at the model. This is not future proof - for instance, you would not be supporting the iPad 2's camera.

UIImagePickerController has a special method to determine whether a camera in available:

+ (BOOL)isSourceTypeAvailable:(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType)sourceType

With sourceType being one of

UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary,
UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera,
UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeSavedPhotosAlbum

I would +1000 if I could. This is the one and only correct solution. But at least I don't have to answer the bug reports from the iPad2 user that can't take photos. — Matthias Bauch, Apr 01 '11 at 12:47

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 24 '11 at 07:24

Make use of this to identify devices.

// If iPhoneOS is 3.2 or greater then __IPHONE_3_2 will be defined
#ifndef __IPHONE_3_2    

typedef enum {
    UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone,           // iPhone and iPod touch
    UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad,             // iPad
} UIUserInterfaceIdiom;

#define UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone

#endif // ifndef __IPHONE_3_2

but if you want to check if camera is available I think you can make use of UIImagePickerController's static method

+ (BOOL)isSourceTypeAvailable:(UIImagePickerControllerSourceType)sourceType

Note that the UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() method is supplied by the system in iOS 3.2 and up. — Pieter Jongsma, Mar 24 '11 at 07:29

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 07 '14 at 20:31

Working on Vaibhav Tekam's answer, I used this

NSString *deviceType = [UIDevice currentDevice].model;


if([deviceType hasPrefix:@"iPhone"])
{
     //your code
}

or

 NSString *deviceType = [UIDevice currentDevice].model;

if([deviceType hasPrefix:@"iPad"])
{
     //your code
}

etc. It's much easier that way as it covers all models.

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