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I've just upgraded to Xcode 4.5 GM and found out that you can now apply the '4" Retina' size to your view controller in the storyboard.

Now if I want to create an application that runs on both iPhone 4 and 5, of course I have to build every window twice, but I also have to detect whether the user has an iPhone with 3.5" or 4" screen and then apply the view.

How should I do that?

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    You do not have to build every "window" twice. Only those that are supposed to exactly match the screen size will have to be relayouted. The solution seems rather obvious, simply check for the window dimensions and add a case decision based on the returned size.
    – Till
    Sep 16, 2012 at 13:04
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    Well, basically that's true, but I want to use the extra screen size in a completely different way, like you could do with a landscape screen.
    – Finn Gaida
    Sep 16, 2012 at 13:37
  • Check this URL: stackoverflow.com/questions/4779221/…
    – ios_av
    Apr 9, 2013 at 6:28
  • Should this question be updated in accordance with new devices? E.g. "How to detect iOS device by screen size"?
    – hfossli
    Nov 2, 2014 at 8:11

24 Answers 24

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First of all, you shouldn't rebuild all your views to fit a new screen, nor use different views for different screen sizes.

Use the auto-resizing capabilities of iOS, so your views can adjust, and adapt any screen size.

That's not very hard, read some documentation about that. It will save you a lot of time.

iOS 6 also offers new features about this.
Be sure to read the iOS 6 API changelog on Apple Developer website.
And check the new iOS 6 AutoLayout capabilities.

That said, if you really need to detect the iPhone 5, you can simply rely on the screen size.

[ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] bounds ].size.height

The iPhone 5's screen has a height of 568.
You can imagine a macro, to simplify all of this:

#define IS_IPHONE_5 ( fabs( ( double )[ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] bounds ].size.height - ( double )568 ) < DBL_EPSILON )

The use of fabs with the epsilon is here to prevent precision errors, when comparing floating points, as pointed in the comments by H2CO3.

So from now on you can use it in standard if/else statements:

if( IS_IPHONE_5 )
{}
else
{}

Edit - Better detection

As stated by some people, this does only detect a widescreen, not an actual iPhone 5.

Next versions of the iPod touch will maybe also have such a screen, so we may use another set of macros.

Let's rename the original macro IS_WIDESCREEN:

#define IS_WIDESCREEN ( fabs( ( double )[ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] bounds ].size.height - ( double )568 ) < DBL_EPSILON )

And let's add model detection macros:

#define IS_IPHONE ( [ [ [ UIDevice currentDevice ] model ] isEqualToString: @"iPhone" ] )
#define IS_IPOD   ( [ [ [ UIDevice currentDevice ] model ] isEqualToString: @"iPod touch" ] )

This way, we can ensure we have an iPhone model AND a widescreen, and we can redefine the IS_IPHONE_5 macro:

#define IS_IPHONE_5 ( IS_IPHONE && IS_WIDESCREEN )

Also note that, as stated by @LearnCocos2D, this macros won't work if the application is not optimised for the iPhone 5 screen (missing the [email protected] image), as the screen size will still be 320x480 in such a case.

I don't think this may be an issue, as I don't see why we would want to detect an iPhone 5 in a non-optimized app.

IMPORTANT - iOS 8 support

On iOS 8, the bounds property of the UIScreen class now reflects the device orientation.
So obviously, the previous code won't work out of the box.

In order to fix this, you can simply use the new nativeBounds property, instead of bounds, as it won't change with the orientation, and as it's based on a portrait-up mode.
Note that dimensions of nativeBounds is measured in pixels, so for an iPhone 5 the height will be 1136 instead of 568.

If you're also targeting iOS 7 or lower, be sure to use feature detection, as calling nativeBounds prior to iOS 8 will crash your app:

if( [ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] respondsToSelector: @selector( nativeBounds ) ] )
{
    /* Detect using nativeBounds - iOS 8 and greater */
}
else
{
    /* Detect using bounds - iOS 7 and lower */
}

You can adapt the previous macros the following way:

#define IS_WIDESCREEN_IOS7 ( fabs( ( double )[ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] bounds ].size.height - ( double )568 ) < DBL_EPSILON )
#define IS_WIDESCREEN_IOS8 ( fabs( ( double )[ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] nativeBounds ].size.height - ( double )1136 ) < DBL_EPSILON )
#define IS_WIDESCREEN      ( ( [ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] respondsToSelector: @selector( nativeBounds ) ] ) ? IS_WIDESCREEN_IOS8 : IS_WIDESCREEN_IOS7 )

And obviously, if you need to detect an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, use the corresponding screen sizes.

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    This is wrong, you'll have to use #define IS_IPHONE_5 ( [ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] bounds ].size.height == 568 ) Sep 16, 2012 at 13:11
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    @H2CO3 : Note that the comparison to DBL_EPSILON is not necessary here, and that the == comparison will not fail: it is only necessary to do comparison using differences this way if the floating point value cannot be expressed as an exact number (like 1.0/3.0*3.0 for example). Read this article for more info ;) Sep 16, 2012 at 16:50
  • 2
    this answer is not correct. why did it get so many thumbs up? you can't use only the height to determine whether it's widescreen. dude...
    – OMGPOP
    Sep 29, 2012 at 4:02
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    May I add: If you want this to work with the simulator use this: #define IS_IPHONE ( ( [ [ [ UIDevice currentDevice ] model ] isEqualToString: @"iPhone" ] ) || ( [ [ [ UIDevice currentDevice ] model ] isEqualToString: @"iPhone Simulator" ] ) )
    – david
    Oct 8, 2012 at 9:05
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    This answer is madness. This stuff about recommending not comparing these particular kind of floats (which in reality are --and if you know Apple should know that always will be-- integers) with == is nonsense and overcomplicates things. Also, I think it's better to use UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() for iPhone detection as it works fine both on the device and simulator (and it might be faster than the UIDevice approach). This just works fine and is way simpler to read: #define IS_IPHONE5 (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM()==UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone && [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height==568) Oct 17, 2012 at 14:51
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Tested and designed for any combination of SDK and OS:

Swift

Added iPad types. iPad 2 and iPad mini are non-retina iPads. While iPad Mini 2 & above, iPad 3, 4, iPad Air, Air 2, Air 3, and iPad Pro 9.7 have same logical resolution of 1024. iPad Pro has maxLength of 1366. Reference

import UIKit

public enum DisplayType {
    case unknown
    case iphone4
    case iphone5
    case iphone6
    case iphone6plus
    case iPadNonRetina
    case iPad
    case iPadProBig
    static let iphone7 = iphone6
    static let iphone7plus = iphone6plus
}

public final class Display {
    class var width:CGFloat { return UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width }
    class var height:CGFloat { return UIScreen.main.bounds.size.height }
    class var maxLength:CGFloat { return max(width, height) }
    class var minLength:CGFloat { return min(width, height) }
    class var zoomed:Bool { return UIScreen.main.nativeScale >= UIScreen.main.scale }
    class var retina:Bool { return UIScreen.main.scale >= 2.0 }
    class var phone:Bool { return UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone }
    class var pad:Bool { return UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad }
    class var carplay:Bool { return UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .carPlay }
    class var tv:Bool { return UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .tv }
    class var typeIsLike:DisplayType {
        if phone && maxLength < 568 {
            return .iphone4
        }
        else if phone && maxLength == 568 {
                return .iphone5
        }
        else if phone && maxLength == 667 {
            return .iphone6
        }
        else if phone && maxLength == 736 {
            return .iphone6plus
        }
        else if pad && !retina {
            return .iPadNonRetina
        }
        else if pad && retina && maxLength == 1024 {
            return .iPad
        }
        else if pad && maxLength == 1366 {
            return .iPadProBig
        }
        return .unknown
    }
}

See it in action https://gist.github.com/hfossli/bc93d924649de881ee2882457f14e346

Note: If e.g. iPhone 6 is in zoomed mode the UI is a zoomed up version of iPhone 5. These functions is not determining device type, but display mode thus iPhone 5 is the desired result in this example.

Objective-C

#define IS_IPAD (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
#define IS_IPHONE (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
#define IS_RETINA ([[UIScreen mainScreen] scale] >= 2.0)

#define SCREEN_WIDTH ([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width)
#define SCREEN_HEIGHT ([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height)
#define SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH (MAX(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT))
#define SCREEN_MIN_LENGTH (MIN(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT))
#define IS_ZOOMED (IS_IPHONE && SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 736.0)

#define IS_IPHONE_4_OR_LESS (IS_IPHONE && SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH < 568.0)
#define IS_IPHONE_5 (IS_IPHONE && SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 568.0)
#define IS_IPHONE_6 (IS_IPHONE && SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 667.0)
#define IS_IPHONE_6P (IS_IPHONE && SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 736.0)

Usage: http://pastie.org/9687735

Note: If e.g. iPhone 6 is in zoomed mode the UI is a zoomed up version of iPhone 5. These functions is not determining device type, but display mode thus iPhone 5 is the desired result in this example.

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    iPhone 5 will report a regular 480x320 screen size, without the new default image. To me this is wanted behavior.
    – hfossli
    Nov 3, 2012 at 16:26
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    A possibly useful addition is #define IS_RETINA ([[UIScreen mainScreen] scale] == 2.0) which will help determine the difference between both iPhone4 and iPhone5 and iPad Retina and non-retina
    – bshirley
    May 2, 2013 at 1:44
  • 1
    I disagree. I think the 'widescreen'-terminology should be left out as it is quickly outdated.
    – hfossli
    Sep 9, 2014 at 10:17
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    @Dvole that's how iOS 8 behaves. Use SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH to get 568 in all rotations on iPhone 5.
    – hfossli
    Nov 4, 2014 at 16:18
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    @MattParkins I would suggest using more robust model checks stackoverflow.com/questions/13366976/….
    – hfossli
    Nov 17, 2014 at 11:02
69

Really simple solution

if(UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
{
    CGSize result = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size;
    if(result.height == 480)
    {
        // iPhone Classic
    }
    if(result.height == 568)
    {
        // iPhone 5
    }
}
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    haha short and simpel, did the same :) thumps up for keeping overhead low! putting stuff in a macro isn't a challenge... Oct 5, 2012 at 14:17
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    Well not putting things in macro or functions is prone not to be DRY... From the moment you need to do this check more than once...
    – hfossli
    Jan 13, 2013 at 22:26
  • Yup, but define macro as shown above, is more convenient and easy, u don't need to paste write this if... every time.
    – Resty
    Mar 26, 2014 at 7:56
  • Thanks, You saved my life :D, But I don't know why Macro:#define IS_IPHONE_5 (IS_IPHONE && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 568.0) ==> Not working in simulator iOS 7.1, before that I still working on XCode 4.6. OMG iOS 7.1 & Xcode 5 Apr 7, 2014 at 3:09
  • updated answer below to account for iPhone 6 and 6 plus screen sizes
    – Sam B
    Oct 20, 2014 at 12:58
28

We now need to account for iPhone 6 and 6Plus screen sizes. Here's an updated answer

if(UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
{
    //its iPhone. Find out which one?

    CGSize result = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size;
    if(result.height == 480)
    {
        // iPhone Classic
    }
    else if(result.height == 568)
    {
        // iPhone 5
    }
    else if(result.height == 667)
    {
        // iPhone 6
    }
   else if(result.height == 736)
    {
        // iPhone 6 Plus
    }
}
else
{
     //its iPad
}

Some useful info

iPhone 6 Plus   736x414 points  2208x1242 pixels    3x scale    1920x1080 physical pixels   401 physical ppi    5.5"
iPhone 6        667x375 points  1334x750 pixels     2x scale    1334x750 physical pixels    326 physical ppi    4.7"
iPhone 5        568x320 points  1136x640 pixels     2x scale    1136x640 physical pixels    326 physical ppi    4.0"
iPhone 4        480x320 points  960x640 pixels      2x scale    960x640 physical pixels     326 physical ppi    3.5"
iPhone 3GS      480x320 points  480x320 pixels      1x scale    480x320 physical pixels     163 physical ppi    3.5"
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  • it is just doesn't work for me iPhone 5 decided as 4 iPhone 6+ didn't decide at all Oh I got it I am in landscape I should change height with width :) Jan 4, 2015 at 11:35
  • if your app is in landscape mode then make sure you change result.height to result.width
    – Sam B
    Jan 4, 2015 at 15:59
  • hmm .. on iPhone 4 (iOS 6.0) it didn't swap :( could be iOS 6.0 prob or an iPhone 4 ? Jan 5, 2015 at 13:12
  • Okay I checked the view swapped only in iOS 8 and greater Jan 5, 2015 at 13:35
  • iPhone 6 giving height = 568 May 13, 2015 at 4:51
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I've taken the liberty to put the macro by Macmade into a C function, and name it properly because it detects widescreen availability and NOT necessarily the iPhone 5.

The macro also doesn't detect running on an iPhone 5 in case where the project doesn't include the [email protected]. Without the new Default image, the iPhone 5 will report a regular 480x320 screen size (in points). So the check isn't just for widescreen availability but for widescreen mode being enabled as well.

BOOL isWidescreenEnabled()
{
    return (BOOL)(fabs((double)[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height - 
                                               (double)568) < DBL_EPSILON);
}
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  • I still prefer the macros, for performance reasons. Please see the edit to my answer. It also checks the model.
    – Macmade
    Sep 22, 2012 at 17:50
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    You're also right saying an iPhone 5 will report a regular 480x320 screen size, without the new default image. But I think there is no point detecting an iPhone 5 in a non-optimised app. : )
    – Macmade
    Sep 22, 2012 at 17:51
  • @Macmade Indeed, there is no point, but it's good to keep in mind in case detection doesn't work. Also, functions can be inlined. They'll also be inlined where compiler's optimizer thinks it's a good idea and where it can know it's permissible (e.g. function is in the same module). Implementing stuff like this through a function may sometimes bring additional type checking. Sep 28, 2012 at 17:15
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    The performance related question is, why would you run this check thousands of times during your render loop? Otherwise, performance is a non-issue and clarity and avoiding side-effects of greater importance.
    – CodeSmile
    Oct 8, 2012 at 16:49
  • I gave you a +1 for this because I like the separate function rather than a macro, but I have to point out that it's not really correct or complete. To detect widescreen, don't look at the height of the screen. Instead, look at the aspect ratio and return true only if the aspect ratio is greater than or equal to 16:9. May 15, 2013 at 3:36
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Here is our codes, test passed on ios7/ios8 for iphone4,iphone5,ipad,iphone6,iphone6p, no matter on devices or simulator:

#define IS_IPAD (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
#define IS_IPHONE (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone) // iPhone and       iPod touch style UI

#define IS_IPHONE_5_IOS7 (IS_IPHONE && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 568.0f)
#define IS_IPHONE_6_IOS7 (IS_IPHONE && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 667.0f)
#define IS_IPHONE_6P_IOS7 (IS_IPHONE && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 736.0f)
#define IS_IPHONE_4_AND_OLDER_IOS7 (IS_IPHONE && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height < 568.0f)

#define IS_IPHONE_5_IOS8 (IS_IPHONE && ([[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height/[[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeScale]) == 568.0f)
#define IS_IPHONE_6_IOS8 (IS_IPHONE && ([[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height/[[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeScale]) == 667.0f)
#define IS_IPHONE_6P_IOS8 (IS_IPHONE && ([[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height/[[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeScale]) == 736.0f)
#define IS_IPHONE_4_AND_OLDER_IOS8 (IS_IPHONE && ([[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height/[[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeScale]) < 568.0f)

#define IS_IPHONE_5 ( ( [ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] respondsToSelector: @selector( nativeBounds ) ] ) ? IS_IPHONE_5_IOS8 : IS_IPHONE_5_IOS7 )
#define IS_IPHONE_6 ( ( [ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] respondsToSelector: @selector( nativeBounds ) ] ) ? IS_IPHONE_6_IOS8 : IS_IPHONE_6_IOS7 )
#define IS_IPHONE_6P ( ( [ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] respondsToSelector: @selector( nativeBounds ) ] ) ? IS_IPHONE_6P_IOS8 : IS_IPHONE_6P_IOS7 )
#define IS_IPHONE_4_AND_OLDER ( ( [ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] respondsToSelector: @selector( nativeBounds ) ] ) ? IS_IPHONE_4_AND_OLDER_IOS8 : IS_IPHONE_4_AND_OLDER_IOS7 )
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  • I'm testing on an iPhone 6P and my if statement is falling into the IS_IPHONE_5 condition? How can this be, you're code looks good? I did a straight copy and paste with a simple if/else and I know my phone is a 6 plus running iOS 8.3.
    – whyoz
    Jun 10, 2015 at 13:00
7

I used hfossli's answer and translated it to Swift

let IS_IPAD = UIDevice.currentDevice().userInterfaceIdiom == .Pad
let IS_IPHONE = UIDevice.currentDevice().userInterfaceIdiom == .Phone
let IS_RETINA = UIScreen.mainScreen().scale >= 2.0

let SCREEN_WIDTH = UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.width
let SCREEN_HEIGHT = UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.size.height
let SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH = max(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT)
let SCREEN_MIN_LENGTH = min(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT)

let IS_IPHONE_4_OR_LESS = (IS_IPHONE && SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH < 568.0)
let IS_IPHONE_5 = (IS_IPHONE && SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 568.0)
let IS_IPHONE_6 = (IS_IPHONE && SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 667.0)
let IS_IPHONE_6P = (IS_IPHONE && SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 736.0)
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this is the macro for my cocos2d project. should be the same for other apps.

#define WIDTH_IPAD 1024
#define WIDTH_IPHONE_5 568
#define WIDTH_IPHONE_4 480
#define HEIGHT_IPAD 768
#define HEIGHT_IPHONE 320

#define IS_IPHONE (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
#define IS_IPAD (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)

//width is height!
#define IS_IPHONE_5 ( [ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] bounds ].size.height == WIDTH_IPHONE_5 )
#define IS_IPHONE_4 ( [ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] bounds ].size.height == WIDTH_IPHONE_4 )

#define cp_ph4(__X__, __Y__) ccp(cx_ph4(__X__), cy_ph4(__Y__))
#define cx_ph4(__X__) (IS_IPAD ? (__X__ * WIDTH_IPAD / WIDTH_IPHONE_4) : (IS_IPHONE_5 ? (__X__ * WIDTH_IPHONE_5 / WIDTH_IPHONE_4) : (__X__)))
#define cy_ph4(__Y__) (IS_IPAD ? (__Y__ * HEIGHT_IPAD / HEIGHT_IPHONE) : (__Y__))

#define cp_pad(__X__, __Y__) ccp(cx_pad(__X__), cy_pad(__Y__))
#define cx_pad(__X__) (IS_IPAD ? (__X__) : (IS_IPHONE_5 ? (__X__ * WIDTH_IPHONE_5 / WIDTH_IPAD) : (__X__ * WIDTH_IPHONE_4 / WIDTH_IPAD)))
#define cy_pad(__Y__) (IS_IPAD ? (__Y__) : (__Y__ * HEIGHT_IPHONE / HEIGHT_IPAD))
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if ((int)[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 568)
{
    // This is iPhone 5 screen
} else {
    // This is iPhone 4 screen
}
3

In Swift, iOS 8+ project I like to make an extension on UIScreen, like:

extension UIScreen {

    var isPhone4: Bool {
        return self.nativeBounds.size.height == 960;
    }

    var isPhone5: Bool {
        return self.nativeBounds.size.height == 1136;
    }

    var isPhone6: Bool {
        return self.nativeBounds.size.height == 1334;
    }

    var isPhone6Plus: Bool {
        return self.nativeBounds.size.height == 2208;
    }

}

(NOTE: nativeBounds is in pixels).

And then the code will be like:

if UIScreen.mainScreen().isPhone4 {
    // do smth on the smallest screen
}

So the code makes it clear that this is a check for the main screen, not for the device model.

2

Borrowing from Samrat Mazumdar's answer, here's a short method that estimates the device screen size. It works with the latest devices, but may fail on future ones (as all methods of guessing might). It will also get confused if the device is being mirrored (returns the device's screen size, not the mirrored screen size)

#define SCREEN_SIZE_IPHONE_CLASSIC 3.5
#define SCREEN_SIZE_IPHONE_TALL 4.0
#define SCREEN_SIZE_IPAD_CLASSIC 9.7

+ (CGFloat)screenPhysicalSize
{
    if(UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
    {
        CGSize result = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size;
        if (result.height < 500)
            return SCREEN_SIZE_IPHONE_CLASSIC;  // iPhone 4S / 4th Gen iPod Touch or earlier
        else
            return SCREEN_SIZE_IPHONE_TALL;  // iPhone 5
    }
    else
    {
        return SCREEN_SIZE_IPAD_CLASSIC; // iPad
    }
} 
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  • Needs revision for iPad mini which, I don't believe you'll be able to determine in this manor.
    – Daniel
    Dec 10, 2012 at 16:24
  • Yeah, iPad mini has the same resolution as the iPad2, so this method doesn't work for that. Not sure how to handle that case right now...
    – Jeff Hay
    Dec 21, 2012 at 18:38
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    You're not supposed to. You can check the device identifier for "iPad 2,5" buy also you need to check for 2,6 and 2,7 - the wifi only version, gsm and CDMA. But that means that the next iPad mini will be released and you'll need to update to hard code to those identifiers too which you can't know before hand. You can't continently know when you're on an iPad mini because really you shouldn't try to "optimise" for the smaller screen
    – Daniel
    Dec 22, 2012 at 13:36
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I think it should be good if this macro will work in device and simulator, below are the solution.

#define IS_WIDESCREEN (fabs((double)[[UIScreen mainScreen]bounds].size.height - (double)568) < DBL_EPSILON)
#define IS_IPHONE (([[[UIDevice currentDevice] model] isEqualToString:@"iPhone"]) || ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] model] isEqualToString: @"iPhone Simulator"]))
#define IS_IPOD   ([[[UIDevice currentDevice]model] isEqualToString:@"iPod touch"])
#define IS_IPHONE_5 ((IS_IPHONE || IS_IPOD) && IS_WIDESCREEN)
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I found that answers do not include a special case for Simulators.

#define IS_WIDESCREEN ( [ [ UIScreen mainScreen ] bounds ].size.height == 568  )
#define IS_IPHONE ([[ [ UIDevice currentDevice ] model ] rangeOfString:@"iPhone"].location != NSNotFound)
#define IS_IPAD ([[ [ UIDevice currentDevice ] model ] rangeOfString:@"iPad"].location != NSNotFound)
#define IS_IPHONE_5 ( IS_IPHONE && IS_WIDESCREEN )
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+(BOOL)isDeviceiPhone5
{
    BOOL iPhone5 = FALSE;

    CGRect screenBounds = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
    if (screenBounds.size.height == 568)
    {
        // code for 4-inch screen
        iPhone5 = TRUE;
    }
    else
    {
        iPhone5 = FALSE;
        // code for 3.5-inch screen
    }
    return iPhone5;

}
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  • iPhone5 = FALSE; is unnecessary because the variable has already that value if it's not changed
    – mcont
    Jun 26, 2014 at 13:43
2

This has been answered a hundred times but this solution worked the best for me and helped address the issue when new devices are introduced and I don't have a size defined.

Swift 5 Helper:

extension UIScreen {
    func phoneSizeInInches() -> CGFloat {
        switch (self.nativeBounds.size.height) {
        case 960, 480:
            return 3.5  //iPhone 4
        case 1136:
            return 4    //iPhone 5
        case 1334:
            return 4.7  //iPhone 6
        case 2208:
            return 5.5  //iPhone 6 Plus
        case 2436:
            return 5.8  //iPhone X
        case 1792:
            return 6.1  //iPhone XR
        case 2688:
            return 6.5  //iPhone XS Max
        default:
            let scale = self.scale
            let ppi = scale * 163
            let width = self.bounds.size.width * scale
            let height = self.bounds.size.height * scale
            let horizontal = width / ppi, vertical = height / ppi
            let diagonal = sqrt(pow(horizontal, 2) + pow(vertical, 2))
            return diagonal
        }
    }
}

This is because it's easy to memorize a phone's inch sizes, like, "5.5 inch" or "4.7 inch" device but difficult to remember the exact pixel sizes.

if UIScreen.main.phoneSizeInInches() == 4 {
  //do something with only 4 inch iPhones
}

This also gives you the opportunity to do something like this:

if UIScreen.main.phoneSizeInInches() < 5.5 {
  //do something on all iPhones smaller than the plus
}

The default: tries to uses the screen size and scale to try and calculate the diagonal inches. This is in case some new device size appears, it will try its best to determine and code, such as the last example, should still work.

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CGFloat height = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height;

NSLog(@"screen soze is %f",height);

  if (height>550) {

          // 4" screen-do some thing
     }

  else if (height<500) {

        // 3.5 " screen- do some thing

     }
0
1

Relying in the size is wrong in so many levels. How about we ask to the system?

- (NSString *) getDeviceModel
{
    struct utsname systemInfo;
    uname(&systemInfo);
    return [NSString stringWithCString:systemInfo.machine encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
}

Taken from Best way to detect hardware type, iPhone4 or iPhone5?, edzio27 answer.

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This way you can detect device family.

    #import <sys/utsname.h>
    NSString* deviceName()
    {
        struct utsname systemInformation;
        uname(&systemInformation);
        NSString *result = [NSString stringWithCString:systemInformation.machine
                                              encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        return result;
    }

    #define isIPhone5  [deviceName() rangeOfString:@"iPhone5,"].location != NSNotFound
    #define isIPhone5S [deviceName() rangeOfString:@"iPhone6,"].location != NSNotFound
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If the project is created using Xcode 6, then use the below mentioned code to detect the devices..

printf("\nDetected Resolution : %d x %d\n\n",(int)[[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.width,(int)[[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height);

if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone){
    if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector: @selector(scale)])
    {
        if([[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height == 960 || [[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height == 480){
            printf("Device Type : iPhone 4,4s ");

        }else if([[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height == 1136){
            printf("Device Type : iPhone 5,5S/iPod 5 ");

        }else if([[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height == 1334){
            printf("Device Type : iPhone 6 ");

        }else if([[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height == 2208){
            printf("Device Type : iPhone 6+ ");

        }
    }
}else{
    printf("Device Type : iPad");
}

If the project was created in Xcode 5 and opened in Xcode 6, then use the below mentioned code to detect the devices.(This code works if no launching images for iPhone 6,6+ are assigned)

printf("\nDetected Resolution : %d x %d\n\n",(int)[[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.width,(int)[[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height);
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone){
    if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector: @selector(scale)])
    {
       if([[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height == 960 || [[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height == 480){
            printf("Device Type : iPhone 4,4s");
            appType=1;
        }else if([[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height == 1136 || [[UIScreen mainScreen] nativeBounds].size.height == 1704){
            printf("Device Type : iPhone 5,5S,6,6S/iPod 5 ");
            appType=3;
        }
    }
}else{
    printf("Device Type : iPad");
    appType=2;
}

If you are still using Xcode 5 all together then use the following code to detect the devices (iPhone 6 and 6+ will not be detected)

printf("\nDetected Resolution : %d x %d\n\n",(int)[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width,(int)[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height);
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone){
    if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector: @selector(scale)])
    {
        CGSize result = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size;
        CGFloat scale = [UIScreen mainScreen].scale;
        result = CGSizeMake(result.width * scale, result.height * scale);
        if(result.height == 960 || result.height == 480){
            printf("Device Type : iPhone 4,4S ");

        }else if(result.height == 1136){
            printf("Device Type : iPhone 5s/iPod 5");

        }
    }
}else{
    printf("Device Type : iPad");

}
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  1. Add a 'New Swift File'-> AppDelegateEx.swift

  2. add an extension to AppDelegate

    import UIKit
    extension AppDelegate {
         class func isIPhone5 () -> Bool{
             return max(UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.width, UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.height) == 568.0
        }
        class func isIPhone6 () -> Bool {
            return max(UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.width, UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.height) == 667.0
        }
        class func isIPhone6Plus () -> Bool {
            return max(UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.width, UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds.height) == 736.0
        }  
    }
    
  3. usage:

        if AppDelegate.isIPhone5() {
            collectionViewTopConstraint.constant = 2
        }else if AppDelegate.isIPhone6() {
            collectionViewTopConstraint.constant = 20
        }
    
1

In Swift 3 you can use my simple class KRDeviceType.

https://github.com/ulian-onua/KRDeviceType

It well documented and supports operators ==, >=, <=.

For example to detect if device has bounds of iPhone 6/6s/7, you can just use next comparison:

if KRDeviceType() == .iPhone6 {
// Perform appropiate operations
}

To detect if device has bounds of iPhone 5/5S/SE or earlier (iPhone 4s) you can use next comparison:

if KRDeviceType() <= .iPhone5 {   //iPhone 5/5s/SE of iPhone 4s
// Perform appropiate operations (for example, set up constraints for those old devices)
}
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use the following Code:

CGFloat screenScale = [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale];

CGRect screenBounds = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]; 

CGSize screenSize = CGSizeMake(screenBounds.size.width * screenScale, screenBounds.size.height * screenScale); 

if (screenSize.height==1136.000000)
{ 
    // Here iPhone 5 View

    // Eg: Nextview~iPhone5.Xib
} else {
   // Previous Phones 

   // Eg : Nextview.xib
}
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Here is the correct test of the device, without depending on the orientation

- (BOOL)isIPhone5
{
    CGSize size = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size;
    if (MIN(size.width,size.height) == 320 && MAX(size.width,size.height == 568)) {
        return YES;
    }
    return NO;
}
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Used to detect iPhone and iPad Devices of all versons.

#define IS_IPAD (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
#define IS_IPHONE (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
#define IS_IPHONE_5 (IS_IPHONE && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 568.0)
#define IS_IPHONE_6 (IS_IPHONE && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 667.0)
#define IS_IPHONE_6_PLUS (IS_IPHONE && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 736.0)
#define IS_RETINA ([[UIScreen mainScreen] scale] == 2.0) 
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  • iPhone 6 has no retina display? Sep 28, 2014 at 16:31
  • iPhone6 has the ratina(@2X) display. and iPhone6 plus has the HD(@3X) display. Oct 1, 2014 at 7:15
  • So if tested for IS_RETINA on an iPhone 6 plus, 1x code is executed? Oct 1, 2014 at 7:27
  • See This Link. stackoverflow.com/questions/25756589/… Oct 6, 2014 at 7:48
  • 1
    you don't get it: your rules will yield @1x, where it should yield @3x. anyway: as you are simply copy&pasting: -1 Oct 6, 2014 at 10:43

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