UIDevice+SupportedDevices

Note

I am no longer supporting this add-on, as Apple has stopped updating the supportedKeys hash in the JSON results of the iTunes Lookup API route.

About

An Objective-C category on UIDevice that returns devices based on the supportedDevices key in the JSON results returned in an iTunes Lookup API call.

Changelog (v1.0.3)

• Development halted.

Installation Instructions

pod 'UIDevice-SupportedDevices'

or simply drop UIDevice+SupportedDevices [.h|.m] into your project, and reference UIDevice+SupportedDevices.h in the classes need access to the information it provides.

The Methods

There are only four class methods in this class. Please note that the term supported device name, in the descriptions below, refers to the values in the supportedDevices key in the JSON results returned in an iTunes Lookup API call.

Please click here for an example to witnes, firsthand, what the supportedDevices key returns.

• + (NSString *)machineName
  • Returns the hardware name Apple designated to the device
    • E.g., iPad3,1 stands for the iPad 3 (WiFi-only model)
    • E.g., iPhone5,3 stands for the iPhone 5c (GSM-only)
• + (NSString *)simulatorNamePhone
  • Returns iPhone Simulator
• + (NSString *)simulatorNamePad
  • Returns iPad Simulator
• + (NSString *)supportedDeviceName
  • Returns the supported device name of current device
    • E.g., iPad3,1 returns iPadThirdGen
    • E.g., iPhone5,3 return iPhone5c

Important Notes

Please be aware of the following intricacies:

• The fourth generation iPod is stored as iPodTouchourthGen, without the F in Fourth.
• The iPhone 6 and 6+ do not have a designation in the supportedDevices key, so I'm using the same one as the iPhone 5s, as it is the newest device of its class that has a designation.
• The iPad Mini 2 does not have a designation in the supportedDevices key, so I'm using the same one as the iPad Mini 1, as it is the newest device of its class that has a designation.
• The iPad Air 1 does not have a designation in the supportedDevices key, so I'm using the same one as the fourth generation iPad, as it is the newest device of its class that has a designation.

Inspiration

This category was born within issue 35 of the Harpy repository. The underlying idea and part of the research for building this category came from Aaron Brager.

Created and Maintained by

Arthur Ariel Sabintsev