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I want to check if the iOS version of the device is greater than 3.1.3 I tried things like:

[[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion floatValue]

but it does not work, I just want a:

if (version > 3.1.3) { }

How can I achieve this?

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    Moderator Note: Over time, this question has accrued over 30 answers. Before adding a new answer, be sure that your solution has not already been provided.
    – Matt
    Aug 7, 2015 at 11:41
  • 5
    Starting Xcode 7, if #available(iOS 9, *) {} in Swift. Starting Xcode 9, if (@available(iOS 11, *)) {} in objective-c.
    – Cœur
    Jun 8, 2017 at 7:31

36 Answers 36

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/*
 *  System Versioning Preprocessor Macros
 */ 

#define SYSTEM_VERSION_EQUAL_TO(v)                  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedSame)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN(v)              ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedDescending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v)  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(v)                 ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedAscending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v)     ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedDescending)

/*
 *  Usage
 */ 

if (SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(@"4.0")) {
    ...
}

if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"3.1.1")) {
    ...
}
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    +1. Keeping this in a header that you can include where needed is the easiest solution I can think of. In several cases this is more reliable than checking for availability using NSClassFromString. Another example is in iAd, where if you use ADBannerContentSizeIdentifierPortrait in a version before 4.2 you'll get EXEC_BAD_ACCESS, but the equivalent ADBannerContentSizeIdentifier320x50 is deprecated after 4.1.
    – Rab
    Dec 12, 2011 at 14:32
  • 1
    Another place I use this is with UIPageViewController and setting the style to UIPageViewControllerTransitionStyleScroll in iOS6. Nov 20, 2012 at 13:11
  • 8
    This doesn't work for 10s. For example comparing 4.10 and 4.9 would give the wrong result.
    – pzulw
    Jul 11, 2013 at 16:55
  • 9
    One should be very careful when using optional .0 numbers. For example SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0.0") gives incorrect result on iOS 7.0.
    – Yan
    Sep 24, 2013 at 15:00
  • 1
    I just tested putting this in my .pch file and it works great (building with Xcode 5 at least)
    – whyoz
    Oct 15, 2013 at 1:16
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The quick answer …


As of Swift 2.0, you can use #available in an if or guard to protect code that should only be run on certain systems.

if #available(iOS 9, *) {}


In Objective-C, you need to check the system version and perform a comparison.

[[NSProcessInfo processInfo] operatingSystemVersion] in iOS 8 and above.

As of Xcode 9:

if (@available(iOS 9, *)) {}


The full answer …

In Objective-C, and Swift in rare cases, it's better to avoid relying on the operating system version as an indication of device or OS capabilities. There is usually a more reliable method of checking whether a particular feature or class is available.

Checking for the presence of APIs:

For example, you can check if UIPopoverController is available on the current device using NSClassFromString:

if (NSClassFromString(@"UIPopoverController")) {
    // Do something
}

For weakly linked classes, it is safe to message the class, directly. Notably, this works for frameworks that aren't explicitly linked as "Required". For missing classes, the expression evaluates to nil, failing the condition:

if ([LAContext class]) {
    // Do something
}

Some classes, like CLLocationManager and UIDevice, provide methods to check device capabilities:

if ([CLLocationManager headingAvailable]) {
    // Do something
}

Checking for the presence of symbols:

Very occasionally, you must check for the presence of a constant. This came up in iOS 8 with the introduction of UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString, used to load Settings app via -openURL:. The value didn't exist prior to iOS 8. Passing nil to this API will crash, so you must take care to verify the existence of the constant first:

if (&UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString != NULL) {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString]];
}

Comparing against the operating system version:

Let's assume you're faced with the relatively rare need to check the operating system version. For projects targeting iOS 8 and above, NSProcessInfo includes a method for performing version comparisons with less chance of error:

- (BOOL)isOperatingSystemAtLeastVersion:(NSOperatingSystemVersion)version

Projects targeting older systems can use systemVersion on UIDevice. Apple uses it in their GLSprite sample code.

// A system version of 3.1 or greater is required to use CADisplayLink. The NSTimer
// class is used as fallback when it isn't available.
NSString *reqSysVer = @"3.1";
NSString *currSysVer = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];
if ([currSysVer compare:reqSysVer options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending) {
    displayLinkSupported = TRUE;
}

If for whatever reason you decide that systemVersion is what you want, make sure to treat it as an string or you risk truncating the patch revision number (eg. 3.1.2 -> 3.1).

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  • 162
    There are specific cases where checking for system version is warranted. For example, a couple of classes and methods that were private n 3.x were made public in 4.0, so if you simply checked for their availability you would get a wrong result in 3.x. Additionally, the way that UIScrollViews handle zoom scales changed subtly in 3.2 and above, so you would need to check OS versions in order to process the results appropriately.
    – Brad Larson
    Jul 27, 2010 at 4:03
  • 2
    iOS 3.2 does not appear to send -viewWillAppear in a UISplitViewController. My hack is to determine if < iOS 4.0, and send it to the Detail View Controller myself in the Root View's -didSelectRowAtIndexPath.
    – jww
    Jul 17, 2011 at 9:36
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    You need to be a bit careful here because [@"10.0" compare:@"10" options:NSNumericSearch] returns NSOrderedDescending, which might well not be intended at all. (I might expect NSOrderedSame.) This is at least a theoretical possibility.
    – Ken
    Dec 10, 2011 at 9:51
  • Yep, I just encountered a case where a iOS 5 bug needed to be circumvented. respondsToSelector et al wouldn't do the job -- have to compare versions.
    – Hot Licks
    Mar 15, 2013 at 17:01
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    With the introduction of TVos this has even become more important. See as TVos will return 9.0 while the 9.1 SDK is used. So check the class or method(selector) is the best way, after this you should check the NSFoundationVersionNumber and only if that is not possible should you check the system versions on UIDevice.
    – rckoenes
    Nov 3, 2015 at 15:13
252

As suggested by the official Apple docs: you can use the NSFoundationVersionNumber, from the NSObjCRuntime.h header file.

if (floor(NSFoundationVersionNumber) > NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1) {
    // here you go with iOS 7
}
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  • 41
    +1 This is in fact the safest and most accurate option here.
    – mxcl
    Sep 11, 2013 at 18:10
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    Um..NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1 does not exist in iOS 5 SDK.
    – Kjuly
    Sep 22, 2013 at 1:59
  • 2
    @Kjuly you can define the missing versionnumbers by your self: github.com/carlj/CJAMacros/blob/master/CJAMacros/CJAMacros.h (take a look at line 102-130)
    – CarlJ
    Sep 24, 2013 at 8:45
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    no, you're wrong, NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_0 doesn't exist. But well, we could define it with #ifndef NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_0 #define NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_0 1047.00 #endif. To avoid messing like that, I went with the SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(v) macro from yasirmturk
    – Cœur
    Oct 2, 2013 at 14:05
  • 8
    nope, but apple will add the NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_8_0 in iOS 9. just check for NSFoundationVersionNumber > NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_1
    – CarlJ
    Sep 19, 2014 at 8:55
141

Starting Xcode 9, in Objective-C:

if (@available(iOS 11, *)) {
    // iOS 11 (or newer) ObjC code
} else {
    // iOS 10 or older code
}

Starting Xcode 7, in Swift:

if #available(iOS 11, *) {
    // iOS 11 (or newer) Swift code
} else {
    // iOS 10 or older code
}

For the version, you can specify the MAJOR, the MINOR or the PATCH (see http://semver.org/ for definitions). Examples:

  • iOS 11 and iOS 11.0 are the same minimal version
  • iOS 10, iOS 10.3, iOS 10.3.1 are different minimal versions

You can input values for any of those systems:

  • iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, ... (see documentation)

Real case example taken from one of my pods:

if #available(iOS 10.0, tvOS 10.0, *) {
    // iOS 10+ and tvOS 10+ Swift code
} else {
    // iOS 9 and tvOS 9 older code
}

Documentation of available

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  • How can this be inverted in either Objective-C or Swift?
    – Legoless
    Sep 19, 2017 at 14:41
  • @Legoless if (...) {} else { ... }
    – Cœur
    Sep 19, 2017 at 15:43
  • Can I use guard in Objective-C instead of leaving the block open and indent in else statement?
    – Legoless
    Sep 19, 2017 at 15:44
  • @Legoless no, just use an empty if block followed by an else.
    – Cœur
    Sep 19, 2017 at 15:45
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    That's the solution I currently have, just wanted to avoid unnecessary indentation and empty if blocks.
    – Legoless
    Sep 19, 2017 at 15:54
39

Try:

NSComparisonResult order = [[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion compare: @"3.1.3" options: NSNumericSearch];
if (order == NSOrderedSame || order == NSOrderedDescending) {
    // OS version >= 3.1.3
} else {
    // OS version < 3.1.3
}
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    Why not reverse the order here and save a comparision, since both @"3.1.3" and systemVersion are NSStrings? Ie: ` if ([@"3.1.3" compare: [UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion options: NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedDescending) ;// OS version >= 3.1.3 else ;// OS version < 3.1.3`
    – Rob
    May 12, 2012 at 21:35
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    Doing that may make the logic less clear. The operation should be equivalent, however. May 13, 2012 at 8:23
  • 1
    A comparison between two integers is surely not very expensive.
    – KPM
    Jul 30, 2012 at 14:32
  • It's really a matter of style. The overhead of message dispatch will vastly outweigh the extra integer comparison. Jul 30, 2012 at 14:52
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Preferred Approach

In Swift 2.0 Apple added availability checking using a far more convenient syntax (Read more here). Now you can check the OS version with a cleaner syntax:

if #available(iOS 9, *) {
    // Then we are on iOS 9
} else {
    // iOS 8 or earlier
}

This is the preferred over checking respondsToSelector etc (What's New In Swift). Now the compiler will always warn you if you aren't guarding your code properly.


Pre Swift 2.0

New in iOS 8 is NSProcessInfo allowing for better semantic versioning checks.

Deploying on iOS 8 and greater

For minimum deployment targets of iOS 8.0 or above, use NSProcessInfo operatingSystemVersion or isOperatingSystemAtLeastVersion.

This would yield the following:

let minimumVersion = NSOperatingSystemVersion(majorVersion: 8, minorVersion: 1, patchVersion: 2)
if NSProcessInfo().isOperatingSystemAtLeastVersion(minimumVersion) {
    //current version is >= (8.1.2)
} else {
    //current version is < (8.1.2)
}

Deploying on iOS 7

For minimum deployment targets of iOS 7.1 or below, use compare with NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch on UIDevice systemVersion.

This would yield:

let minimumVersionString = "3.1.3"
let versionComparison = UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare(minimumVersionString, options: .NumericSearch)
switch versionComparison {
    case .OrderedSame, .OrderedDescending:
        //current version is >= (3.1.3)
        break
    case .OrderedAscending:
        //current version is < (3.1.3)
        fallthrough
    default:
        break;
}

More reading at NSHipster.

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I always keep those in my Constants.h file:

#define IS_IPHONE5 (([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height-568)?NO:YES) 
#define IS_OS_5_OR_LATER    ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 5.0)
#define IS_OS_6_OR_LATER    ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 6.0)
#define IS_OS_7_OR_LATER    ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 7.0)
#define IS_OS_8_OR_LATER    ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 8.0)
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  • Great. Better to place this in .pch file of your XCode Project Apr 3, 2015 at 4:51
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    I place all my constants in my Constants.h file that is imported in my pch file.
    – Segev
    Apr 3, 2015 at 7:27
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+(BOOL)doesSystemVersionMeetRequirement:(NSString *)minRequirement{

// eg  NSString *reqSysVer = @"4.0";


  NSString *currSysVer = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];

  if ([currSysVer compare:minRequirement options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)
  {
    return YES;
  }else{
    return NO;
  }


}
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  • @Jef Periods are not decimal points in versioning and are relevant. Your answer does not ignore the periods, It would fail if it did. In versioning each period separated element is a full number. Ex: '1.23.45' is greater than '1.2.345' since second element '23' is greater than '2'. If you would eliminate periods it would be the same number. Jul 7, 2015 at 23:09
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With Version class that is contained in nv-ios-version project (Apache License, Version 2.0), it is easy to get and compare iOS version. An example code below dumps the iOS version and checks whether the version is greater than or equal to 6.0.

// Get the system version of iOS at runtime.
NSString *versionString = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];

// Convert the version string to a Version instance.
Version *version = [Version versionWithString:versionString];

// Dump the major, minor and micro version numbers.
NSLog(@"version = [%d, %d, %d]",
    version.major, version.minor, version.micro);

// Check whether the version is greater than or equal to 6.0.
if ([version isGreaterThanOrEqualToMajor:6 minor:0])
{
    // The iOS version is greater than or equal to 6.0.
}

// Another way to check whether iOS version is
// greater than or equal to 6.0.
if (6 <= version.major)
{
    // The iOS version is greater than or equal to 6.0.
}

Project Page: nv-ios-version
TakahikoKawasaki/nv-ios-version

Blog: Get and compare iOS version at runtime with Version class
Get and compare iOS version at runtime with Version class

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I know this is an old question, but someone should have mentioned the compile-time macros in Availability.h. All of the other methods here are runtime solutions, and will not work in a header file, class category, or ivar definition.

For these situations, use

#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= __IPHONE_14_0 && defined(__IPHONE_14_0)
  // iOS 14+ code here
#else
  // Pre iOS 14 code here
#endif

h/t this answer

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if (floor(NSFoundationVersionNumber) > NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1) {
        // Your code here
}

Where of course, NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1 must be changed to by applicable for the iOS version you want to check. What I have now written will probably be used a lot when testing if a device is running iOS7 or a previous version.

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New way to check the system version using the swift Forget [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] and NSFoundationVersionNumber.

We can use NSProcessInfo -isOperatingSystemAtLeastVersion

     import Foundation

     let yosemite = NSOperatingSystemVersion(majorVersion: 10, minorVersion: 10, patchVersion: 0)
     NSProcessInfo().isOperatingSystemAtLeastVersion(yosemite) // false
4

a bit late to the party but in light of iOS 8.0 out there this might be relevant:

if you can avoid using

[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion]

Instead check for existence of of a method/class/whatever else.

if ([self.yourClassInstance respondsToSelector:@selector(<yourMethod>)]) 
{ 
    //do stuff 
}

I found it to be useful for location manager where I have to call requestWhenInUseAuthorization for iOS 8.0 but the method is not available for iOS < 8

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UIDevice+IOSVersion.h

@interface UIDevice (IOSVersion)

+ (BOOL)isCurrentIOSVersionEqualToVersion:(NSString *)iOSVersion;
+ (BOOL)isCurrentIOSVersionGreaterThanVersion:(NSString *)iOSVersion;
+ (BOOL)isCurrentIOSVersionGreaterThanOrEqualToVersion:(NSString *)iOSVersion;
+ (BOOL)isCurrentIOSVersionLessThanVersion:(NSString *)iOSVersion;
+ (BOOL)isCurrentIOSVersionLessThanOrEqualToVersion:(NSString *)iOSVersion

@end

UIDevice+IOSVersion.m

#import "UIDevice+IOSVersion.h"

@implementation UIDevice (IOSVersion)

+ (BOOL)isCurrentIOSVersionEqualToVersion:(NSString *)iOSVersion
{
    return [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:iOSVersion options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedSame;
}

+ (BOOL)isCurrentIOSVersionGreaterThanVersion:(NSString *)iOSVersion
{
    return [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:iOSVersion options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedDescending;
}

+ (BOOL)isCurrentIOSVersionGreaterThanOrEqualToVersion:(NSString *)iOSVersion
{
    return [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:iOSVersion options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending;
}

+ (BOOL)isCurrentIOSVersionLessThanVersion:(NSString *)iOSVersion
{
    return [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:iOSVersion options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedAscending;
}

+ (BOOL)isCurrentIOSVersionLessThanOrEqualToVersion:(NSString *)iOSVersion
{
    return [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:iOSVersion options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedDescending;
}

@end
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Just for retrieving the OS version string value:

[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion]
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3

In general it's better to ask if an object can perform a given selector, rather than checking a version number to decide if it must be present.

When this is not an option, you do need to be a bit careful here because [@"5.0" compare:@"5" options:NSNumericSearch] returns NSOrderedDescending which might well not be intended at all; I might expect NSOrderedSame here. This is at least a theoretical concern, one that is worth defending against in my opinion.

Also worth considering is the possibility of a bad version input which can not reasonably be compared to. Apple supplies the three predefined constants NSOrderedAscending, NSOrderedSame and NSOrderedDescending but I can think of a use for some thing called NSOrderedUnordered in the event I can't compare two things and I want to return a value indicating this.

What's more, it's not impossible that Apple will some day expand their three predefined constants to allow a variety of return values, making a comparison != NSOrderedAscending unwise.

With this said, consider the following code.

typedef enum {kSKOrderedNotOrdered = -2, kSKOrderedAscending = -1, kSKOrderedSame = 0, kSKOrderedDescending = 1} SKComparisonResult;

@interface SKComparator : NSObject
+ (SKComparisonResult)comparePointSeparatedVersionNumber:(NSString *)vOne withPointSeparatedVersionNumber:(NSString *)vTwo;
@end

@implementation SKComparator
+ (SKComparisonResult)comparePointSeparatedVersionNumber:(NSString *)vOne withPointSeparatedVersionNumber:(NSString *)vTwo {
  if (!vOne || !vTwo || [vOne length] < 1 || [vTwo length] < 1 || [vOne rangeOfString:@".."].location != NSNotFound ||
    [vTwo rangeOfString:@".."].location != NSNotFound) {
    return SKOrderedNotOrdered;
  }
  NSCharacterSet *numericalCharSet = [NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@".0123456789"];
  NSString *vOneTrimmed = [vOne stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:numericalCharSet];
  NSString *vTwoTrimmed = [vTwo stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:numericalCharSet];
  if ([vOneTrimmed length] > 0 || [vTwoTrimmed length] > 0) {
    return SKOrderedNotOrdered;
  }
  NSArray *vOneArray = [vOne componentsSeparatedByString:@"."];
  NSArray *vTwoArray = [vTwo componentsSeparatedByString:@"."];
  for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < MIN([vOneArray count], [vTwoArray count]); i++) {
    NSInteger vOneInt = [[vOneArray objectAtIndex:i] intValue];
    NSInteger vTwoInt = [[vTwoArray objectAtIndex:i] intValue];
    if (vOneInt > vTwoInt) {
      return kSKOrderedDescending;
    } else if (vOneInt < vTwoInt) {
      return kSKOrderedAscending;
    }
  }
  if ([vOneArray count] > [vTwoArray count]) {
    for (NSUInteger i = [vTwoArray count]; i < [vOneArray count]; i++) {
      if ([[vOneArray objectAtIndex:i] intValue] > 0) {
        return kSKOrderedDescending;
      }
    }
  } else if ([vOneArray count] < [vTwoArray count]) {
    for (NSUInteger i = [vOneArray count]; i < [vTwoArray count]; i++) {
      if ([[vTwoArray objectAtIndex:i] intValue] > 0) {
        return kSKOrderedAscending;
      }
    }
  }
  return kSKOrderedSame;
}
@end
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#define _kisiOS7 ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 7.0)

if (_kisiOS7) {
            NSLog(@"iOS7 or greater")
} 
else {
           NSLog(@"Less than iOS7");
}
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#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v)  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)

Then add a if condition as follows:-

if(SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"10.0")) {
   //Your code
}       
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There are version like 7.0 or 6.0.3, so we can simply convert version into numerics to compare. if version is like 7.0, simply append another ".0" to it and then take its numeric value.

 int version;
 NSString* iosVersion=[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];
 NSArray* components=[iosVersion componentsSeparatedByString:@"."];
 if ([components count]==2) {
    iosVersion=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.0",iosVersion];

 }
 iosVersion=[iosVersion stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"." withString:@""];
 version=[iosVersion integerValue];

For 6.0.0

  if (version==600) {
    // Do something
  }

for 7.0

 if (version==700) {
   // Do something
 }
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  • simply removing the decimal points is the wrong approach. consider a component that is more than 1 character long, e.g. 6.1.10. then this algorithm will yield 6110 > 700, which isn't correct.
    – ardnew
    Jan 26, 2017 at 21:33
  • I understand apple is bad at rolling out new versions but in most of time version's second number never went beyond 5, so 10 is out of question. This is an adhoc approach so if it handles case for 2 components you can modify it to handle four case aswel if you want to do manually. Anyhow this approach was commented at time of iOS6 or 7. iOS 9 and 10 have much better ways of checking it i-e #available.
    – NaXir
    Jan 27, 2017 at 4:17
2

Try the below code:

NSString *versionString = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];
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As a variation of yasimturks solution, I defined one function and a few enum values instead of five macros. I find it more elegant, but that's a matter of taste.

Usage:

if (systemVersion(LessThan, @"5.0")) ...

.h file:

typedef enum {
  LessThan,
  LessOrEqual,
  Equal,
  GreaterOrEqual,
  GreaterThan,
  NotEqual
} Comparison;

BOOL systemVersion(Comparison test, NSString* version);

.m file:

BOOL systemVersion(Comparison test, NSString* version) {
  NSComparisonResult result = [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare: version options: NSNumericSearch];
  switch (test) {
    case LessThan:       return result == NSOrderedAscending;
    case LessOrEqual:    return result != NSOrderedDescending;
    case Equal:          return result == NSOrderedSame;
    case GreaterOrEqual: return result != NSOrderedAscending;
    case GreaterThan:    return result == NSOrderedDescending;
    case NotEqual:       return result != NSOrderedSame;
  }
}

You should add your app's prefix to the names, especially to the Comparison type.

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Using the refered recommended way... if there is no definition in the header files, you can always get the versión printing it on console with a device of the desired IOS versión.

- (BOOL) isIOS8OrAbove{
    float version802 = 1140.109985;
    float version8= 1139.100000; // there is no def like NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_1 for ios 8 yet?
    NSLog(@"la version actual es [%f]", NSFoundationVersionNumber);
    if (NSFoundationVersionNumber >= version8){
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}
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Solution for checking iOS version in Swift

switch (UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare("8.0.0", options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch)) {
    case .OrderedAscending:
       println("iOS < 8.0")

    case .OrderedSame, .OrderedDescending:
       println("iOS >= 8.0")
}

Con of this solution: it is simply bad practice to check against OS version numbers, whichever way you do it. One should never hard code dependencies in this way, always check for features, capabilities or the existence of a class. Consider this; Apple may release a backwards compatible version of a class, if they did then the code you suggest would never use it as your logic looks for an OS version number and NOT the existence of the class.

(Source of this information)

Solution for checking the class existence in Swift

if (objc_getClass("UIAlertController") == nil) {
   // iOS 7
} else {
   // iOS 8+
}

Do not use if (NSClassFromString("UIAlertController") == nil) because it works correctly on the iOS simulator using iOS 7.1 and 8.2, but if you test on a real device using iOS 7.1, you will unfortunately notice that you will never pass through the else part of the code snippet.

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  • Why down voting? This solution works perfectly using Swift and any iOS version. Especially the checking of the class existence is just perfect. Apr 6, 2015 at 12:03
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#define IsIOS8 (NSFoundationVersionNumber > NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_1)
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A more generic version in Obj-C++ 11 (you could probably replace some of this stuff with the NSString/C functions, but this is less verbose. This gives you two mechanisms. splitSystemVersion gives you an array of all the parts which is useful if you just want to switch on the major version (e.g. switch([self splitSystemVersion][0]) {case 4: break; case 5: break; }).

#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>

- (std::vector<int>) splitSystemVersion {
    std::string version = [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] UTF8String];
    std::vector<int> versions;
    auto i = version.begin();

    while (i != version.end()) {
        auto nextIllegalChar = std::find_if(i, version.end(), [] (char c) -> bool { return !isdigit(c); } );
        std::string versionPart(i, nextIllegalChar);
        i = std::find_if(nextIllegalChar, version.end(), isdigit);

        versions.push_back(boost::lexical_cast<int>(versionPart));
    }

    return versions;
}

/** Losslessly parse system version into a number
 * @return <0>: the version as a number,
 * @return <1>: how many numeric parts went into the composed number. e.g.
 * X.Y.Z = 3.  You need this to know how to compare again <0>
 */
- (std::tuple<int, int>) parseSystemVersion {
    std::string version = [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] UTF8String];
    int versionAsNumber = 0;
    int nParts = 0;

    auto i = version.begin();
    while (i != version.end()) {
        auto nextIllegalChar = std::find_if(i, version.end(), [] (char c) -> bool { return !isdigit(c); } );
        std::string versionPart(i, nextIllegalChar);
        i = std::find_if(nextIllegalChar, version.end(), isdigit);

        int part = (boost::lexical_cast<int>(versionPart));
        versionAsNumber = versionAsNumber * 100 + part;
        nParts ++;
    }

    return {versionAsNumber, nParts};
}


/** Assume that the system version will not go beyond X.Y.Z.W format.
 * @return The version string.
 */
- (int) parseSystemVersionAlt {
    std::string version = [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] UTF8String];
    int versionAsNumber = 0;
    int nParts = 0;

    auto i = version.begin();
    while (i != version.end() && nParts < 4) {
        auto nextIllegalChar = std::find_if(i, version.end(), [] (char c) -> bool { return !isdigit(c); } );
        std::string versionPart(i, nextIllegalChar);
        i = std::find_if(nextIllegalChar, version.end(), isdigit);

        int part = (boost::lexical_cast<int>(versionPart));
        versionAsNumber = versionAsNumber * 100 + part;
        nParts ++;
    }

    // don't forget to pad as systemVersion may have less parts (i.e. X.Y).
    for (; nParts < 4; nParts++) {
        versionAsNumber *= 100;
    }

    return versionAsNumber;
}
0

Try this

if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 7) { 
// do some work
}
2
  • Explain what this does. Apr 3, 2014 at 14:29
  • if will check whether the os version is ios 7 or not Apr 3, 2014 at 14:31
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float deviceOSVersion = [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue];
float versionToBeCompared = 3.1.3; //(For Example in your case)

if(deviceOSVersion < versionToBeCompared)
   //Do whatever you need to do. Device version is lesser than 3.1.3(in your case)
else 
   //Device version should be either equal to the version you specified or above
1
  • float versionToBeCompared = 3.1.3; can't even compile.
    – Pang
    Aug 9, 2016 at 8:04
0

Swift example that actually works:

switch UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare("8.0.0", options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch) {
case .OrderedSame, .OrderedDescending:
    println("iOS >= 8.0")
case .OrderedAscending:
    println("iOS < 8.0")
}

Don't use NSProcessInfo cause it doesn't work under 8.0, so its pretty much useless until 2016

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Here is a swift version:

struct iOSVersion {
    static let SYS_VERSION_FLOAT = (UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion as NSString).floatValue
    static let iOS7 = (Version.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT < 8.0 && Version.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT >= 7.0)
    static let iOS8 = (Version.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT >= 8.0 && Version.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT < 9.0)
    static let iOS9 = (Version.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT >= 9.0 && Version.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT < 10.0)
}

Usage:

if iOSVersion.iOS8 {
    //Do iOS8 code here
}
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  • I think Version should be iOSVersion in line 3-6 like struct iOSVersion { static let SYS_VERSION_FLOAT = (UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion as NSString).floatValue static let iOS7 = (iOSVersion.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT < 8.0 && iOSVersion.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT >= 7.0) static let iOS8 = (iOSVersion.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT >= 8.0 && iOSVersion.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT < 9.0) static let iOS9 = (iOSVersion.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT >= 9.0 && iOSVersion.SYS_VERSION_FLOAT < 10.0) }
    – Kastor
    Sep 19, 2016 at 13:17
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Here is a Swift version of yasirmturk macros. Hope it helps some peoples

// MARK: System versionning

func SYSTEM_VERSION_EQUAL_TO(v: String) -> Bool {
    return UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare(v, options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch) == NSComparisonResult.OrderedSame
}

func SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN(v: String) -> Bool {
    return UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare(v, options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch) == NSComparisonResult.OrderedDescending
}

func SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v: String) -> Bool {
    return UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare(v, options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch) != NSComparisonResult.OrderedAscending
}

func SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(v: String) -> Bool {
    return UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare(v, options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch) == NSComparisonResult.OrderedAscending
}

func SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v: String) -> Bool {
    return UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion.compare(v, options: NSStringCompareOptions.NumericSearch) != NSComparisonResult.OrderedDescending
}

let kIsIOS7: Bool = SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO("7")
let kIsIOS7_1: Bool = SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO("7.1")
let kIsIOS8: Bool = SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO("8")
let kIsIOS9: Bool = SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO("9")

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