Detecting Color of iPhone/iPad/iPod touch?

Question

Is there any way or hack to detect on what color (black / white) iPhone, iPad or iPod touch the iOS is installed?

I want to load corresponding UI skins in case of Black or White devices.

Answer 1

There's a private API to retrieve both the DeviceColor and the DeviceEnclosureColor.

UIDevice *device = [UIDevice currentDevice]; SEL selector = NSSelectorFromString(@"deviceInfoForKey:"); if (![device respondsToSelector:selector]) {     selector = NSSelectorFromString(@"_deviceInfoForKey:"); } if ([device respondsToSelector:selector]) {     NSLog(@"DeviceColor: %@ DeviceEnclosureColor: %@", [device performSelector:selector withObject:@"DeviceColor"], [device performSelector:selector withObject:@"DeviceEnclosureColor"]); } 

I've blogged about this and provide a sample app:

http://www.futuretap.com/blog/device-colors/

Warning: As mentioned, this is a private API. Don't use this in App Store builds.

Answer 2

The answer to the question is NO (as of now) and personally I don't think it's worth much, because what if the end-user uses a skin or an additional casing for his iPhone?

I'd suggest to initially ask the user "Hey, what's the color of your phone?" and then do accordingly.

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Additionally, a research provided me with this information, I'm not sure if it's TRUE or if is going to help you.

The serial number is the key :)

If aabccdddeef is the serial number of the iPhone 4, ee represents the Color, (A4=black). I hope some of you here check this information with yours to see if this is true.