Check If App Is Running On An iPad

To check if your app is running on an iPad, there is a much easier way.

Check the userInterfaceIdiom property of the device to get the information you need:

  - (BOOL)isDeviceiPad {   BOOL iPadDevice = NO;     // Is userInterfaceIdiom available?   if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] respondsToSelector:@selector(userInterfaceIdiom)])   {     // Is device an iPad?     if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)       iPadDevice = YES;   }     return iPadDevice; }

As noted in the comments below, Apple provides a macro to accomplish the same task. Here is the full definition from the UIDevice.h header file:

  #define UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() ([[UIDevice currentDevice] respondsToSelector:@selector(userInterfaceIdiom)] ? [[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] : UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)

Thanks for the heads up on this.