How to check if your app is running on an iPad or an iPhone

Posted by on Jun 29, 2013

Here’s how we check that:

    // if we're an iPad
    if ([[UIDevice currentDevice]userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) {

        // do some iPad or iPad Mini specific stuff
    
    } else {

        // we're on iPhone or iPod Touch
    }

Alternatively you can check the same method for UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone instead, which is returned when you’re on an iPhone or iPod touch.

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Jay is founder of WP Hosting, a boutique style managed WordPress hosting and support service. He has been working with Plesk since version 9 and is a qualified Parallels Automation Professional. In his spare time he likes to develop iOS apps and WordPress plugins, or drawing on tablet devices. He blogs about his coding journey at http://wpguru.co.uk and http://pinkstone.co.uk.