iOS detect if user is on an iPad

There are quite a few ways to check if a device is an iPad. This is my favorite way to check whether the device is in fact an iPad:

if ( UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad ){    return YES; /* Device is iPad */}

The way I use it

#define IDIOM    UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM()#define IPAD     UIUserInterfaceIdiomPadif ( IDIOM == IPAD ) {    /* do something specifically for iPad. */} else {    /* do something specifically for iPhone or iPod touch. */}   

Other Examples

if ( [(NSString*)[UIDevice currentDevice].model hasPrefix:@"iPad"] ) {    return YES; /* Device is iPad */}#define IPAD     (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)if ( IPAD )      return YES;

For a Swift solution, see this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27517536/2057171

In Swift you can use the following equalities to determine the kind of device on Universal apps:

UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone// orUIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad

Usage would then be something like:

if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad {    // Available Idioms - .pad, .phone, .tv, .carPlay, .unspecified    // Implement your logic here}

This is part of UIDevice as of iOS 3.2, e.g.:

[UIDevice currentDevice].userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad