iOS detect if user is on an iPad
This is part of UIDevice as of iOS 3.2, e.g.:
[UIDevice currentDevice].userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad
There are quite a few ways to check if a device is an iPad. This is my favorite way to check whether the device is in fact an iPad:
if ( UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad )
{
return YES; /* Device is iPad */
}
The way I use it
#define IDIOM UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM()
#define IPAD UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad
if ( IDIOM == IPAD ) {
/* do something specifically for iPad. */
} else {
/* do something specifically for iPhone or iPod touch. */
}
Other Examples
if ( [(NSString*)[UIDevice currentDevice].model hasPrefix:@"iPad"] ) {
return YES; /* Device is iPad */
}
#define IPAD (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
if ( IPAD )
return YES;
For a Swift solution, see this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27517536/2057171
In Swift you can use the following equalities to determine the kind of device on Universal apps:
UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone
// or
UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad
Usage would then be something like:
if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad {
// Available Idioms - .pad, .phone, .tv, .carPlay, .unspecified
// Implement your logic here
}