ghvillasboas / uidevicehardware

A helper class to extract more precisely the current hardware platform being used.

UIDeviceHardware

A simple and easy to use helper class to extract more precisely the current hardware platform being used by the user.

It outputs three formats:

1. Platform format: The raw platform given by the system:

    // Outputs something like: iPhone3,1, iPod2,1, iPad3,6
    [UIDeviceHardware platform]
   

2. PlarformString format: A friendly and more readable format:

    // Outputs something like: iPhone 4, iPod Touch 2G, iPad 4 (GSM+CDMA)
    [UIDeviceHardware platformString]
   

3. GenericDeviceType format: A smart output based on the device type and screen size

    // Outputs something like: UIDeviceHardwareGenericTypePhone35, UIDeviceHardwareGenericTypePod40
    [UIDeviceHardware genericDeviceType]
   

General considerations

• Uses a more low level system information extractor for better performance
• This will be a constantly revised source for new devices released by Apple (last update: 12/30/2013)
• Supports even the simulator if needed (x86_64/Simulator/UIDeviceHardwareGenericTypeUnknown)

Live examples

if ([UIDeviceHardware genericDeviceType] == UIDeviceHardwareGenericTypePhone35 ||
	 [UIDeviceHardware genericDeviceType] == UIDeviceHardwareGenericTypePod35){
	// do some stuff targeted to 3,5" iPhone or iPod Touch screens
}
else if ([UIDeviceHardware genericDeviceType] == UIDeviceHardwareGenericTypePhone40 ||
	 [UIDeviceHardware genericDeviceType] == UIDeviceHardwareGenericTypePod40){
	// do some stuff targeted to 4.0" iPhone or iPod Touch screens
}
else if ([UIDeviceHardware genericDeviceType] == UIDeviceHardwareGenericTypePad97){
	// do some stuff targeted to the bigger 9,7" iPads
}
else if ([UIDeviceHardware genericDeviceType] == UIDeviceHardwareGenericTypePad79){
	// do some stuff targeted to the iPad Minis
}
else{
	// unknown hardware type.
	// Possibly the simulator. Should throw an exception
}