Detect iOS device type

Question

In my application (written in Objective-C), how do I detect if the device is an iPhone, iPad, or iPhone5?

if([[UIDevice currentDevice]userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone) {
    // [iphone] or [itouch]
} else {
    // [ipad]
}

Answer 1

you can easly detect iphone, iphone5 and iPad with below condition (But not iTouch! iTouch is treated as if it were an iPhone with this code!):-

 if([[UIDevice currentDevice]userInterfaceIdiom]==UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
 {
     if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 568)
     {


     }
     else
     {
         //iphone 3.5 inch screen
     }
 }
 else
 {
        //[ipad]
 }

UPDATE

You can also use MACRO or define Variable for check is that iPhone5,iPhone4 or iPad like Bellow:-

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

Example:-

if(isiPhone)
     {
         if (isiPhone5)
         {


         }
         else
         {
             //iphone 3.5 inch screen
         }
     }
     else
     {
            //[ipad]
     }

Answer 2

Please check below code:

UIDevice_enhanced.h

@interface UIDevice (Enhanced)

typedef enum {
    kUnknownPlatform = 0,
    kiPhone1G,
    kiPhone3G,
    kiPhone3GS,
    kiPhone4,
    kiPhone4Verizon,
    kiPhone4S,
    kiPhone5GSM,
    kiPhone5CDMA,
    kiPhone5CGSM,
    kiPhone5CCDMA,
    kiPhone5SGSM,
    kiPhone5SCDMA,
    kiPhone6,
    kiPhone6P,
    kiPhone6S,
    kiPhone6SP,
    kiPodTouch1G,
    kiPodTouch2G,
    kiPodTouch3G,
    kiPodTouch4G,
    kiPodTouch5G,
    kiPad,
    kiPad2Wifi,
    kiPad2GSM,
    kiPad2CMDA,
    kiPad3Wifi,
    kiPad3GSM,
    kiPad3CMDA,
    kiPad4Wifi,
    kiPad4GSM,
    kiPad4CMDA,
    kiPadAirWifi,
    kiPadAirCellular,
    kiPadMiniWifi,
    kiPadMiniGSM,
    kiPadMiniCDMA,
    kiPadMini2GWifi,
    kiPadMini2GCellular,
    kSimulator
} PlatformType;

- (NSString *) platformName;
- (PlatformType) platform;

@end

UIDevice_enhanced.m

#import "UIDevice_enhanced.h"
#include <sys/utsname.h>

@interface UIDevice (Enhanced)
- (NSString *) platformCode;
@end 


@implementation UIDevice (Enhanced)

// Utility method (private)
- (NSString*) platformCode {
    struct utsname systemInfo;
    uname(&systemInfo);
    NSString* platform =  [NSString stringWithCString:systemInfo.machine encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

    return platform;
}

// Public method to use
- (NSString*) platformName {
    NSString* platform = [self platformCode];

        if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone1,1"])    return @"iPhone 1G";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone1,2"])    return @"iPhone 3G";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone2,1"])    return @"iPhone 3GS";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone3,1"])    return @"iPhone 4";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone3,3"])    return @"Verizon iPhone 4";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone4,1"])    return @"iPhone 4S";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone5,1"])    return @"iPhone 5 (GSM)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone5,2"])    return @"iPhone 5 (GSM+CDMA)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone5,3"])    return @"iPhone 5c (GSM)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone5,4"])    return @"iPhone 5c (GSM+CDMA)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone6,1"])    return @"iPhone 5s (GSM)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone6,2"])    return @"iPhone 5s (GSM+CDMA)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone7,1"])    return @"iPhone 6 Plus";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone7,2"])    return @"iPhone 6";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone8,2"])    return @"iPhone 6s Plus";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone8,1"])    return @"iPhone 6s";

if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod1,1"])      return @"iPod Touch 1G";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod2,1"])      return @"iPod Touch 2G";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod3,1"])      return @"iPod Touch 3G";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod4,1"])      return @"iPod Touch 4G";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod5,1"])      return @"iPod Touch 5G";

if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad1,1"])      return @"iPad";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,1"])      return @"iPad 2 (WiFi)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,2"])      return @"iPad 2 (GSM)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,3"])      return @"iPad 2 (CDMA)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,4"])      return @"iPad 2 (WiFi)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,5"])      return @"iPad Mini (WiFi)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,6"])      return @"iPad Mini (GSM)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,7"])      return @"iPad Mini (GSM+CDMA)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,1"])      return @"iPad 3 (WiFi)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,2"])      return @"iPad 3 (GSM+CDMA)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,3"])      return @"iPad 3 (GSM)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,4"])      return @"iPad 4 (WiFi)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,5"])      return @"iPad 4 (GSM)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,6"])      return @"iPad 4 (GSM+CDMA)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad4,1"])      return @"iPad Air (WiFi)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad4,2"])      return @"iPad Air (Cellular)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad4,4"])      return @"iPad mini 2G (WiFi)";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad4,5"])      return @"iPad mini 2G (Cellular)";

if ([platform isEqualToString:@"i386"])         return @"Simulator";
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"x86_64"])       return @"Simulator";

return platform;
}

// Public method to use
- (PlatformType) platform {
    NSString *platform = [self platformCode];
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone1,1"])    return kiPhone1G;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone1,2"])    return kiPhone3G;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone2,1"])    return kiPhone3GS;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone3,1"])    return kiPhone4;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone3,2"])    return kiPhone4Verizon;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone4,1"])    return kiPhone4S;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone5,1"])    return kiPhone5GSM;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone5,2"])    return kiPhone5CDMA;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone5,3"])    return kiPhone5CGSM;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone5,4"])    return kiPhone5CCDMA;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone6,1"])    return kiPhone5SGSM;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone6,2"])    return kiPhone5SCDMA;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone7,1"])    return kiPhone6P;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone7,2"])    return kiPhone6;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone8,2"])    return kiPhone6SP;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone8,1"])    return kiPhone6S;

    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod1,1"])      return kiPodTouch1G;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod2,1"])      return kiPodTouch2G;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod3,1"])      return kiPodTouch3G;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod4,1"])      return kiPodTouch4G;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod5,1"])      return kiPodTouch5G;

    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad1,1"])      return kiPad;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,1"])      return kiPad2Wifi;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,2"])      return kiPad2GSM;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,3"])      return kiPad2CMDA;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,4"])      return kiPad2Wifi;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,5"])      return kiPadMiniWifi;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,6"])      return kiPadMiniGSM;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,7"])      return kiPadMiniCDMA;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,1"])      return kiPad3Wifi;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,2"])      return kiPad3CDMA;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,3"])      return kiPad3GSM;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,4"])      return kiPad4Wifi;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,5"])      return kiPad4GSM;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad3,6"])      return kiPad4CDMA;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad4,1"])      return kiPadAirWifi;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad4,2"])      return kiPadAirCellular;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad4,4"])      return kiPadMini2GWifi;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad4,5"])      return kiPadMini2GCellular;

    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"i386"])         return kSimulator;
    if ([platform isEqualToString:@"x86_64"])       return kSimulator;

    return kUnknownPlatform;
}

@end

Hope this works for you...