Changelog

Version 5.0.0

Releasedate: TBD

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 5.0'

Breaking changes

• DeviceKit v5.0.0 drops support for the platforms that Xcode 14 also no longer supports: (#337)

New features

• Retrieve a device's CPU info using eg. Device.current.cpu. (#330)
• Add .isSimulator to tvOS and watchOS. (#245)
• Add .isCanvas which indicates whether the app is running in a SwiftUI preview. (#303)

Contributors

Thanks to all the contributers of this release!

• parski
• guidev
• JackYoustra

Version 4.9.0

Releasedate: 2022-11-01

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.9'

Apple TV 4K (3rd generation) support.

This version adds support for the new Apple TV (3rd generation) that is released on the 4th of November 2022. (#335)

New features

• Add ability to get current device's thermal state. (#332)

Bugfixes

• Fix Apple Watch Series 7 device identifier being incorrect. (#329)

Contributors

Thanks to all the contributers of this release!

• guidev
• chedabob

Version 4.8.0

Releasedate: 2022-10-28

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.8'

New October 2022 devices

This version adds support for the devices that were released in October 2022: (#334)

Version 4.7.0

Releasedate: 2022-09-13

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.7'

New September 2022 devices

This version adds support for the devices announced at the September 2022 Apple Event: (#324)

Version 4.6.1

Releasedate: 2022-07-15

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.6'

Fixes

• Fixes Carthage support. (#288)

Version 4.6.0

Releasedate: 2022-03-18

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.6'

New March 2022 devices

This version adds support for the devices announced at the March 2022 Apple Event: (308)

Version 4.5.2

Releasedate: 2021-10-24

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.5'

Fixes

• Fix iPad mini (6th generation) screen size and aspect ratio again. (#300)
• Add missing device support URLs and images. (#300)

Version 4.5.1

Releasedate: 2021-10-15

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.5'

Fixes

• Fix iPad mini (6th generation) screen size and aspect ratio. (#294)

Version 4.5.0

Releasedate: 2021-09-16

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.5'

New September 2021 devices

This version adds support for the devices announced at the September 2021 Apple Event: (#286)

Changes

• Switched from Travis CI to GitHub Actions.

Version 4.4.0

Releasedate: 2021-04-29

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.4'

This version adds support for the devices announced at the April 2021 Apple Event: (#279)

• iPad Pro (11-inch) (3rd generation) Device.iPadPro11Inch3
• iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (5th generation) Device.iPadPro12Inch5
• Apple TV 4K (2nd generation) Device.appleTV4K2

Version 4.3.0

Releasedate: 2021-02-12

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.3'

This version adds support for the Simulator running on Apple Silicon and fixes documentation:

• Support for running in Simulator on Apple Silicon. (#273)
• Fix tech specs link and images for iPhone 12 models and iPad Air (4th generation). (#272)

Version 4.2.1

Releasedate: 2020-10-22

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.2'

This version fixes a couple of bugs introduced in the v4.2.0 release:

• Device.allDevicesWithALidarSensor didn't include iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. (#268 #266)
• Device.iPadAir4.screenRatio returned an invalid screen ratio. (#268 #267)

Version 4.2.0

Releasedate: 2020-10-21

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.2'

This release will add support for the October 2020 devices. (#262)

• iPad Air (4th generation)
• iPhone 12
• iPhone 12 mini
• iPhone 12 Pro
• iPhone 12 Pro Max

Device.iPadAir4

Device.iPhone12
Device.iPhone12Mini

Device.iPhone12Pro
Device.iPhone12ProMax

Version 4.1.0

Releasedate: 2020-09-21

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.1'

This release will add support for the September 2020 devices, which will be released on the 18th of September: (#256)

• iPad (8th generation)
• Apple Watch Series 6
• Apple Watch SE

Device.iPad8

Device.appleWatchSeries6_40mm
Device.appleWatchSeries6_44mm

Device.appleWatchSE_40mm
Device.appleWatchSE_44mm

Support for iPad Air (4th generation) will be added in a later version since it will be a long time before we know its device identifiers.

Version 4.0.0

Releasedate: 2020-09-04

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 4.0'

This is a v4.0.0 release because of the possibly breaking change of no longer supporting iOS 9. This decision was made because of Xcode 12 no longer supporting iOS 8.

• Dropped support for iOS 8. Lowest supported version is now iOS 9. (#249)
• Updated project settings for Xcode 12. (#248)

Version 3.2.0

Releasedate: 2020-04-29

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 3.2'

iPhone SE (2nd generation)

• Added support for the iPhone SE (2nd generation). (#238)

Device.iPhoneSE2

Version 3.1.0

Releasedate: 2020-03-29

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 3.1'

2020 iPad Pro

• Added support for the new 2020 iPad Pro. (#235)

Device.iPadPro11Inch2 // iPad Pro (11-inch) (2nd generation)
Device.iPadPro12inch4 // iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (4th generation)

New features

• Added new functions for detecting LiDAR support.
  • Device.allDevicesWithALidarSensor and Device.current.hasLidarSensor

Version 3.0.0

Releasedate: 2020-01-19

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 3.0'

Breaking changes

• The enum for the Apple TV HD has been renamed from .appleTV4 to .appleTVHD. (#211)
• .allSimulatorXSeriesDevices has been deprecated and replaced by .allSimulatorDevicesWithSensorHousing. (#212)
• .allXSeriesDevices has been deprecated and replaced by .allDevicesWithSensorHousing. (#212)

Camera

• CameraTypes has been renamed to CameraType. (#212)
• CameraType.normal has been deprecated and replaced by CameraType.wide. (#212)
• .allDevicesWithNormalCamera has been deprecated and replaced by .allDevicesWithWideCamera. (#212)
• .hasNormalCamera has been deprecated and replaced by .hasWideCamera. (#212)

New features

• You can now check which devices support wireless charging through the following variables: Device.allDevicesWithWirelessChargingSupport and Device.current.supportsWirelessCharging (#209)
• New .safeDescription variable that will provide you with a safe version of the .description variable. (#212)
  • Example: "iPhone Xʀ" vs "iPhone XR"

Bugfixes

• .allDevicesWith3dTouchSupport contained .iPhoneSE which was incorrect. (#226)
• Some variables would return incorrect values when running on the simulator. (#227)

Version 2.3.0

Releasedate: 2019-10-02

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 2.3'

New devices

• Added support for the new september 2019 devices:
  • iPad (7th generation)

Version 2.2.0

Releasedate: 2019-09-24

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 2.2'

New devices

• Added support for the new september 2019 devices:
  • iPhone 11
  • iPhone 11 Pro
  • iPhone 11 Pro Max
  • Apple Watch Series 5

New features

• Device.current.cameras now has the .ultraWide camera type added for devices with that camera.

Version 2.1.0

Releasedate: 2019-09-01

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 2.1'

New features

• Add support for the new iPod touch (7th generation) (#189)
• Added Device.allApplePencilCapableDevices and Device.current.applePencilSupport variables for checking Apple Pencil support. (#179)
  • .applePencilSupport returns ApplePencilSupport.firstGeneration or ApplePencilSupport.secondGeneration for checking which Apple Pencil is supported.
• Added 3D Touch (iOS) and Force Touch (watchOS) support variables: (#183)
  • iOS
    • Device.allDevicesWith3dTouchSupport
    • Device.current.has3dTouchSupport
  • watchOS
    • Device.allWatchesWithForceTouchSupport
    • Device.current.hasForceTouchSupport
• Added variable to check for the camera's a device has. (#188)
  • Example: Device.iPhoneXS.cameras should return CameraTypes.normal and CameraTypes.telephoto.

Fixes

• Rename iPod touch 5 and 6 to iPod touch (5th generation) and iPod touch (6th generation) respectively. (#189)
• Rename Apple TV (4th generation) to Apple TV HD to comply with Apple's rename of the device. (#196)
• Improve support for Swift Package Manager. (#193)
• Fixed the Device.current.isZoomed variable. (#59 comment and #198)

Version 2.0.0

Releasedate: 2019-04-10

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 2.0'

Breaking changes

• The original Device() constructor has been made private in favour of using Device.current to match UIDevice.current.
• The enum values for the iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and iPhone Xʀ have been renamed to be .iPhoneXS, .iPhoneXSMax and .iPhoneXR to match proper formatting.
• .description for the iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and iPhone Xʀ have been changed to contain small caps formatting for the s and the ʀ part.
• .description for the iPad 5 and iPad 6 have been changed to the proper names; iPad (5^th generation) and iPad (6^th generation).
• .name, .systemName, .systemVersion, .model, .localizedModel, .batteryState and .batteryLevel will now all return nil when you try to get its value when the device you are getting it from isn't the current one. (eg. Device.iPad6.name while running on iPad 5)

New features

• Updated to Swift 5!
• New .allDevicesWithRoundedDisplayCorners and .hasRoundedDisplayCorners values to check if a device has rounded display corners. (eg. iPhone Xs and iPad Pro (3^rd generation))
• new .allDevicesWithSensorHousing and .hasSensorHousing values to check if a device has a screen cutout for the sensor housing. (eg. iPhone Xs)

Bugfixes

• .isPad and .isPhone are now giving correct outputs again.

Version 1.13.0 (Last Swift 4.2 release)

Releasedate: 2019-03-29

pod 'DeviceKit', '~> 1.13'

New iPads

Added new iPad Mini (5th generation) and iPad Air (3rd generation)

Device.iPadMini5 // iPad Mini (5th generation)
Device.iPadAir3 // iPad Air (3rd generation)