Detecting if iPhone or iPad without opting for Universal App

Question

I really want this to work:

if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad {
    print("iPad")
} else {
    print("not iPad")
}

However, my app only prints "not iPad" even though I am using an iPad. I have Devices (under Deployment Info) set to iPhone. If I change this to Universal it works, but I don't want a universal app, I just want to be able to detect if an iPhone or iPad is being used (even though the app is for iPhones, due to compatibility mode it still can be run on iPads).

So how can I detect if the device is an iPad or iPhone without changing my app to Universal? Thanks

Answer 1

You can check the model:

if UIDevice.current.model.hasPrefix("iPad") {
     print("it is an iPad")
} else {
     print("it is not an iPad")
}

Answer 2

One thing you can do is get the inner-screen width of the page. Phones are generally below 786 px and you can call everything else an iPad. Use can do something like this

    var width = window.innerWidth;
    If (width > 786px) {
        print(‘ipad’);
    } else {
        print(‘not ipad’)
    }

Answer 3

iPhone Only app can be downloaded to iPad. But in current scenario, we doesn't have device that's much smaller resolution(deployment target: 9).

OBJ-C

if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone && [[[UIDevice currentDevice] model] hasPrefix:@"iPad"]) {
        // This app is an iPhone app running on an iPad
        NSLog(@"This app is an iPhone app running on an iPad");
    }

Swift

if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone, UIDevice.current.model.hasPrefix("iPad") {
    print("iPad")
}

Answer 4

Try this,

print("Model - \(UIDevice.current.model)")