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iOS

Posted by Tom Coomer
Tom Coomer
1,331 Points

Changing code depending on device

I would like the user to be able to click a button and if the device is an iPhone 5 a label will display "This is an iPhone 5" but if the device is an iPhone 4/4s the label will say that instead. Thanks

1 Answer

Amit Bijlani
STAFF
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Amit Bijlani
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You can define the following macros at the very top of your view controller (after your import statements).

#define IS_IPHONE (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
#define IS_IPHONE_5 (IS_IPHONE && [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 568.0f)

And then somewhere in your code do the following:

NSString *text;

if ( IS_IPHONE_5 ) 
    text = @"This is an iPhone 5";
else
    text = @"This is an iPhone 4/4S";
Tom Coomer
Tom Coomer
1,331 Points

Thanks