UIDevice currentDevice model possible values
What are all the possible values returned by [[UIDevice currentDevice] model];
? It isn't documented.
The possible vales are iPod touch
, iPhone
, iPhone Simulator
, iPad
, iPad Simulator
If you want to know which hardware iOS
is ruining on like iPhone3
, iPhone4
, iPhone5
etc below is the code for that
NOTE: The below code may not contain all device's string, I'm with other guys are maintaining the same code on GitHub so please take the latest code from there
Objective-C : GitHub/DeviceUtil
Swift : GitHub/DeviceGuru
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/sysctl.h>
- (NSString*)hardwareDescription {
NSString *hardware = [self hardwareString];
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"iPhone1,1"]) return @"iPhone 2G";
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"iPhone1,2"]) return @"iPhone 3G";
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"iPhone3,1"]) return @"iPhone 4";
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"iPhone4,1"]) return @"iPhone 4S";
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"iPhone5,1"]) return @"iPhone 5";
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"iPod1,1"]) return @"iPodTouch 1G";
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"iPod2,1"]) return @"iPodTouch 2G";
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"iPad1,1"]) return @"iPad";
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"iPad2,6"]) return @"iPad Mini";
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"iPad4,1"]) return @"iPad Air WIFI";
//there are lots of other strings too, checkout the github repo
//link is given at the top of this answer
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"i386"]) return @"Simulator";
if ([hardware isEqualToString:@"x86_64"]) return @"Simulator";
return nil;
}
- (NSString*)hardwareString {
size_t size = 100;
char *hw_machine = malloc(size);
int name[] = {CTL_HW,HW_MACHINE};
sysctl(name, 2, hw_machine, &size, NULL, 0);
NSString *hardware = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:hw_machine];
free(hw_machine);
return hardware;
}
I just did a test on iPod Touch, iPhone, Phone Retina, iPhone 5, iPad, iPad Retina and iPad Mini. So this is my conclusion:
iPod touch
iPhone
iPad
On simulators - this could be useful if you're a developer working on features that sometimes do not work at all on simulators - you'll get these values:
iPhone Simulator
iPad Simulator