Detect current device with UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() in Swift
You should use this GBDeviceInfo framework or ...
Apple defines this:
public enum UIUserInterfaceIdiom : Int {
case unspecified
case phone // iPhone and iPod touch style UI
case pad // iPad style UI
@available(iOS 9.0, *)
case tv // Apple TV style UI
@available(iOS 9.0, *)
case carPlay // CarPlay style UI
}
so for the strict definition of the device can be used this code
struct ScreenSize
{
static let SCREEN_WIDTH = UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width
static let SCREEN_HEIGHT = UIScreen.main.bounds.size.height
static let SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH = max(ScreenSize.SCREEN_WIDTH, ScreenSize.SCREEN_HEIGHT)
static let SCREEN_MIN_LENGTH = min(ScreenSize.SCREEN_WIDTH, ScreenSize.SCREEN_HEIGHT)
}
struct DeviceType
{
static let IS_IPHONE_4_OR_LESS = UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone && ScreenSize.SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH < 568.0
static let IS_IPHONE_5 = UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone && ScreenSize.SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 568.0
static let IS_IPHONE_6_7 = UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone && ScreenSize.SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 667.0
static let IS_IPHONE_6P_7P = UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone && ScreenSize.SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 736.0
static let IS_IPAD = UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad && ScreenSize.SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 1024.0
static let IS_IPAD_PRO = UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad && ScreenSize.SCREEN_MAX_LENGTH == 1366.0
}
how to use
if DeviceType.IS_IPHONE_6P_7P {
print("IS_IPHONE_6P_7P")
}
to detect iOS version
struct Version{
static let SYS_VERSION_FLOAT = (UIDevice.current.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)
}
how to use
if Version.iOS8 {
print("iOS8")
}
if/else case:
if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad {
// iPad
} else {
// not iPad (iPhone, mac, tv, carPlay, unspecified)
}
When working with Swift, you can use the enum
UIUserInterfaceIdiom
, defined as:
enum UIUserInterfaceIdiom : Int {
case unspecified
case phone // iPhone and iPod touch style UI
case pad // iPad style UI (also includes macOS Catalyst)
}
So you can use it as:
UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad
UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone
UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .unspecified
Or with a Switch statement:
switch UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom {
case .phone:
// It's an iPhone
case .pad:
// It's an iPad (or macOS Catalyst)
@unknown default:
// Uh, oh! What could it be?
}
UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM()
is an Objective-C macro, which is defined as:
#define UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() \ ([[UIDevice currentDevice] respondsToSelector:@selector(userInterfaceIdiom)] ? \ [[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] : \ UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
Also, note that even when working with Objective-C, the UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM()
macro is only required when targeting iOS 3.2 and below. When deploying to iOS 3.2 and up, you can use [UIDevice userInterfaceIdiom]
directly.