How to know the device?

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I am developing a comic book using Cocoa Touch in Xcode.I dont know how to get the details of the device whether the device is iphone, ipad or ipod.

I am trying for an universal build.

How to identify the device? Is there a way to change the screen size according to the device?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 15 '11 at 05:39

You can use this for you first question -

   + (BOOL)isDeviceAniPad {
    #ifdef UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM
        return (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad);
    #else
        return NO;
    #endif
    }

And for you second you don't need to change it your self the iphone/ipad will use use the views sizes that fits its screen. you will have to supply different images sizes or to scale them to the size of the screen.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 15 '11 at 05:39

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Don't try to check for specific device models, instead check for features of a device.

For screen size lookup UIUserInterfaceIdiom in the docs.

answered Jun 15 '11 at 05:39

Jonah

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 15 '11 at 05:40

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NSString *deviceType = [UIDevice currentDevice].model;
NSLog(@"%@",deviceType);

or

answered Jun 15 '11 at 05:40

Rams

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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if you need to differentiate between all three types of devices:

Determine device (iPhone, iPod Touch) with iPhone SDK

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

Community

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answered Jun 15 '11 at 05:43

Russian

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 15 '11 at 05:49

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UIDevice class:

NSString *deviceType = [UIDevice currentDevice].model;

if([deviceType isEqualToString:@"iPhone"])
    // it's an iPhone

answered Jun 15 '11 at 05:49

Chetan Bhalara

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 15 '11 at 05:42

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size_t size;
sysctlbyname("hw.machine", NULL, &size, NULL, 0); 
char *name = malloc(size);
sysctlbyname("hw.machine", name, &size, NULL, 0);

now you can compare like
if (strcmp(name, "iPhone1,1")) and others ... "iPhone1,2" ...

answered Jun 15 '11 at 05:42

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