Get real device type from iOS device

Targets iOS
1

I use this code to identify the real device type on iOS devices. This works very good, but not in debug mode on Xcode Simulator. Does anybody know how can I add this c-code in my method “DetectHW”?

case “i386”, “x86_64”, “arm64”: return “Simulator (mapToDevice(identifier: ProcessInfo().environment[“SIMULATOR_MODEL_IDENTIFIER”] ?? “iOS”))”

A part of the original code from Stackoverflow:

case "AudioAccessory1,1":                             return "HomePod"
            case "AudioAccessory5,1":                             return "HomePod mini"
            case "i386", "x86_64", "arm64":                       return "Simulator \(mapToDevice(identifier: ProcessInfo().environment["SIMULATOR_MODEL_IDENTIFIER"] ?? "iOS"))"

Public Function DetectHW() As String
  // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26028918/how-to-determine-the-current-iphone-device-model#26962452
  
  Declare Function NSClassFromString Lib "Foundation" (clsName As cfstringref) As ptr
  Declare Function currentDevice Lib "UIKit" selector "currentDevice" (clsRef As ptr) As ptr
  Dim currentDeviceRef As ptr = currentDevice(NSClassFromString("UIDevice"))
  
  Declare Function name Lib "UIKit" selector "name" (classRef As Ptr) As CFStringRef
  Declare Function systemName Lib "UIKit" selector "systemName" (classRef As Ptr) As CFStringRef
  Declare Function model Lib "UIKit" selector "model" (classRef As Ptr) As CFStringRef
  Declare Function localizedModel Lib "UIKit" selector "localizedModel" (classRef As Ptr) As CFStringRef
  
  Declare Function uname Lib "Foundation" (ByRef dataPtr As systemInfo) As Integer
  
  Dim info As systemInfo
  Dim c As CFStringRef 
  c = name(currentDeviceRef)
  ModelIdentifier = c
  c = systemName(currentDeviceRef)
  ModelIdentifier = c
  c = model(currentDeviceRef)
  ModelIdentifier = c
  c = localizedModel(currentDeviceRef)
  ModelIdentifier = c
  
  Dim result As Integer = uname(info)
  If result = 0 Then
    Dim s As String = info.machine
    ModelIdentifier = info.machine
  End If
  
  if DebugBuild then
    system.DebugLog "ModelIdentifier=" + ModelIdentifier.ToText
  end if
  
  var sAR() as string
  sAR = ModelIdentifier.Replace(GetHardwareType, "").Split(",")
  ModelNumber = sAR(0).ToInteger
  
  select case ModelIdentifier
    
    // #######################
    // iPhone
    // #######################
    //
  case "iPhone1,1"
    return "iPhone"
    
  case "iPhone1,2"
    return "iPhone 3G"
    
  case "iPhone2,1"
    return "iPhone 3GS"
    
  case "iPhone3,1", "iPhone3,2"
    return "iPhone 4 (GSM)"
    
  case "iPhone3,3"
    return "iPhone 4 (GSM)"
    
  case "iPhone4,1"
    return "iPhone 4s"
    
  case "iPhone5,1"
    return "iPhone 5 (GSM)"
    
  case "iPhone5,2"
    return "iPhone 5 China"
    
  case "iPhone5,3", "iPhone5,4"
    return "iPhone 5c"
    
  case "iPhone6,1"
    return "iPhone 5s"
    
  case "iPhone7,2"
    return "iPhone 6"
    
  case "iPhone7,1"
    return "iPhone 6 Plus"
    
  case "iPhone8,1"
    return "iPhone 6s"
    
  case "iPhone8,2"
    return "iPhone 6s Plus"
    
  case "iPhone8,4"
    return "iPhone SE"
    
  case "iPhone9,1", "iPhone9,3"
    return "iPhone 7"
    
  case "iPhone9,2", "iPhone9,4"
    return "iPhone 7 Plus"
    
  case "iPhone10,1", "iPhone10,4"
    return "iPhone 8"
    
  case "iPhone10,2", "iPhone10,5"
    return "iPhone 8 Plus"
    
  case "iPhone10,3", "iPhone10,6"
    return "iPhone X"
    
  case "iPhone11,2"
    return "iPhone XS"
    
  case "iPhone11,6"
    return "iPhone XS Max"
    
  case "iPhone11,3"
    return "iPhone XR"
    
  case "iPhone12,1"
    return "iPhone 11"
    
  case "iPhone12,3"
    return "iPhone 11 Pro"
    
  case "iPhone12,5"
    return "iPhone 11 Pro Max"
    
  case "iPhone12,8"
    return "iPhone SE 2nd Generation"
    
  case "iPhone13,1"
    return "iPhone 12 Mini"
    
  case "iPhone13,2"
    return "iPhone 12"
    
  case "iPhone13,3"
    return "iPhone 12 Pro"
    
  case "iPhone13,4"
    return "iPhone 12 Pro Max"
    
  case "iPhone14,2"
    return "iPhone 13 Pro"
    
  case "iPhone14,3"
    return "iPhone 13 Pro Max"
    
  case "iPhone14,4"
    return "iPhone 13 Mini"
    
  case "iPhone14,5"
    return "iPhone 13"
    
  case "iPhone14,6"
    return "iPhone SE (3rd generation)"
    
  case "iPhone14,7"
    return "iPhone 14"
    
  case "iPhone14,8"
    return "iPhone 14 Plus"
    
  case "iPhone15,2"
    return "iPhone 14 Pro"
    
  case "iPhone15,3"
    return "iPhone 14 Pro Max"
    
    // #######################
    // iPod
    // #######################
    //
  case "iPod1,1"
    return "iPod Touch"
    
  case "iPod2,1"
    return "iPod Touch 2nd Generation"
    
  case "iPod3,1"
    return "iPod Touch 3rd Generation"
    
  case "iPod4,1"
    return "iPod Touch 4th Generation"
    
  case "iPod5,1"
    return "iPod Touch 5th Generation"
    
  case "iPod7,1"
    return "iPod Touch 6th Generation"
    
  case "iPod9,1"
    return "iPod Touch 7th Generation"
    
    // #######################
    // iPad Mini
    // #######################
    //
  case "iPad2,5", "iPad2,6", "iPad2,7"
    return "iPad Mini"
    
  case "iPad4,4", "iPad4,5", "iPad4,6"
    return "iPad Mini 2nd Generation"
    
  case "iPad4,7", "iPad4,8", "iPad4,9"
    return "iPad Mini 3rd Generation"
    
  case "iPad5,1", "iPad5,2"
    return "iPad Mini 4th Generation"
    
  case "iPad11,1", "iPad11,2"
    return "iPad Mini 5th Generation"
    
  case "iPad14,1", "iPad14,2"
    return "iPad Mini (6th Generation)"
    
    // #######################
    // iPad
    // #######################
    //
  case "iPad1,1"
    return "iPad"
    
  case "iPad2,1", "iPad2,2", "iPad2,3", "iPad2,4"
    return "iPad 2"
    
  case "iPad3,1", "iPad3,2", "iPad3,3"
    return "iPad 3rd Generation"
    
  case "iPad3,4", "iPad3,5", "iPad3,6"
    return "iPad 4th Generation"
    
  case "iPad6,11", "iPad6,12"
    return "iPad 5th Generation"
    
  case "iPad7,5", "iPad7,6"
    return "iPad 6th Generation"
    
  case "iPad7,11", "iPad7,12"
    return "iPad 7th Generation"
    
  case "iPad11,6", "iPad11,7"
    return "iPad 8th Generation"
    
  case "iPad12,1", "iPad12,2"
    return "iPad (9th Generation)"
    
    // #######################
    // iPad Air
    // #######################
    //
  case "iPad4,1", "iPad4,2", "iPad4,3"
    return "iPad Air"
    
  case "iPad5,3", "iPad5,4"
    return "iPad Air 2"
    
  case "iPad11,3", "iPad11,4"
    return "iPad Air 3nd Generation"
    
  case "iPad13,1", "iPad13,2"
    return "iPad Air 4th Generation"
    
  case "iPad13,16", "iPad13,17"
    return "iPad Air (5th generation)"
    
    // #######################
    // iPad Pro
    // #######################
    //
  case "iPad6,3", "iPad6,4"
    return "iPad Pro 9.7"""
    
  case "iPad7,3", "iPad7,4"
    Matrix = "4x11"
    return "iPad Pro 10.5"""
    
  case "iPad8,1", "iPad8,2", "iPad8,3", "iPad8,4"
    return "iPad Pro 11"""
    
  case "iPad8,9", "iPad8,10"
    return "iPad Pro 11"" 2nd Generation"
    
  case "iPad13,4", "iPad13,5", "iPad13,6", "iPad13,7"
    return "iPad Pro 11"" (3rd Generation)"
    
  case "iPad6,7", "iPad6,8"
    return "iPad Pro 12.9"""
    
  case "iPad7,1", "iPad7,2"
    return "iPad Pro 12.9"" 2nd Generation"
    
  case "iPad8,5", "iPad8,6", "iPad8,7", "iPad8,8"
    return "iPad Pro 12.9"" 3nd Generation"
    
  case "iPad8,11", "iPad8,12"
    return "iPad Pro 12.9"" 4th Generation"
    
  case "iPad13,8", "iPad13,9", "iPad13,10", "iPad13,11"
    return "iPad Pro 12.9"" (5th generation)"
    
    // #######################
    // Xcode Simulator
    // #######################
    //
  case "x86_64", "arm64"
    return "Xcode Simulator"
    
  else
    return GetHardwareType
    
  end select
    
End Function
2

The code was working until release 2024, but now with 2025R2.1, I got this error:

Module1.systeminfo, line 1: Syntax error

This is the Structure systeminfo:

Structure systeminfo
sysname as string*256

nodename as string*256

release as string256
version as string256
machine as string*256
End Structure

systemInfo
systemInfo1974×526 100 KB

Any idea why this no longer works?

I found another code on Stackoverflow:

extension UIDevice {

public static let hardwareModel: String = {
    var path = \[CTL_HW, HW_MACHINE\]
    var n = 0
    sysctl(&path, 2, nil, &n, nil, 0)
    var a: \[UInt8\] = .init(repeating: 0, count: n)
    sysctl(&path, 2, &a, &n, nil, 0)
    return .init(cString: a)
}()

}

UIDevice.hardwareModel // → iPhone9,3

But I don’t know how it can be used in Xojo.

3

The structure in the IDE is fubarred, just look at it. Someone else had the same kind of problem recently but did not report back about fixing their structure.

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4

Just use system.Device that returns a system.DeviceData class with the info you need

5

This will only return iPhone or iPad, not the device type like ‘iPhone18,4’ for an “iPhone 17 Air”

system.Device.Model

App.Opening: system.Device.Model=iPad

6

Maybe a naming conflict with system names, try renaming systeminfo or the other items.

7

Nonsense you can get version info

8

How can I get version info?

9

If I use these values, I get the device identifier (hw_machine), but the application crashes.

Structure systeminfoPPS4Me
mysysname as string**878
hw_type As String’*150
End Structure

Declare Function NSClassFromString Lib “Foundation” (clsName As cfstringref) As ptr
Declare Function currentDevice Lib “UIKit” selector “currentDevice” (clsRef As ptr) As ptr
Dim currentDeviceRef As ptr = currentDevice(NSClassFromString(“UIDevice”))

Declare Function name Lib “UIKit” selector “name” (classRef As Ptr) As CFStringRef
Declare Function MysystemName Lib “UIKit” selector “systemName” (classRef As Ptr) As CFStringRef
Declare Function model Lib “UIKit” selector “model” (classRef As Ptr) As CFStringRef
Declare Function localizedModel Lib “UIKit” selector “localizedModel” (classRef As Ptr) As CFStringRef

Declare Function uname Lib “Foundation” (ByRef dataPtr As systeminfoPPS4Me) As Integer

Dim info As systeminfoPPS4Me

system.DebugLog CurrentMethodName + ": Size = " + info.Size.ToString

system.DebugLog CurrentMethodName + ": mysysname = " + info.mysysname

system.DebugLog CurrentMethodName + ": hw_type = " + info.hw_type

Module1.DetectHW: Size = 1030

Module1.DetectHW: mysysname = DarwinMacBook-Pro-M1.fritz.box24.6.0Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Mon Aug 11 21:16:21 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.140.69.701.11~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000

Module1.DetectHW: hw_type = arm64

hw_type = arm64 is the hw_machine value. For debug arm and on a real device iPhone8,4

Example:

DarwiniPhone-SE21.6.0Darwin Kernel Version 21.6.0: Sun Oct 15 00:17:00 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8020.241.42~8/RELEASE_ARM64_S8000iPhone8,4 iOS 15.8.5 64Bit

Any idea?

Also I try for use this declare, but ist also shows an error.

Declare Function sysctlbyname Lib “libc.dylib” (name As CString, value As Ptr, ByRef size As UInt32, newp As Ptr, newlen As UInt32) As Integer

// First call to determine size
Var size As UInt32
Call sysctlbyname(“hw.machine”, Nil, size, Nil, 0)

// Reserve memory
Var p As New MemoryBlock(size)

// Second call: Retrieve value
If sysctlbyname(“hw.machine”, p, size, Nil, 0) = 0 Then
Return p.CString(0) // Device identifier: iPhone15,3
Else
Return “Unknown”
End If

Error: ld: framework not found dylib

10

This is the complete solution:

Public Function GetHardwareModel() As String
Declare Function sysctlbyname Lib “UIKit” (name As CString, value As Ptr, ByRef size As UInt32, newp As Ptr, newlen As UInt32) As Integer

// First call to determine size
Var size As UInt32
Call sysctlbyname(“hw.machine”, Nil, size, Nil, 0)

// Reserve memory
Var p As New MemoryBlock(size)

// Second call: Retrieve value
If sysctlbyname(“hw.machine”, p, size, Nil, 0) = 0 Then

var hw_machine As String = p.CString(0) // Device identifier: iPhone15,3

select case hw_machine
  
  // #######################
  // iPhone
  // #######################
  //
case "iPhone1,1"
  return "iPhone"
  
case "iPhone1,2"
  return "iPhone 3G"
  
case "iPhone2,1"
  return "iPhone 3GS"
  
case "iPhone3,1", "iPhone3,2"
  return "iPhone 4 (GSM)"
  
case "iPhone3,3"
  return "iPhone 4 (GSM)"
  
case "iPhone4,1"
  return "iPhone 4s"
  
case "iPhone5,1"
  return "iPhone 5 (GSM)"
  
case "iPhone5,2"
  return "iPhone 5 China"
  
case "iPhone5,3", "iPhone5,4"
  return "iPhone 5c"
  
case "iPhone6,1"
  return "iPhone 5s"
  
case "iPhone7,2"
  return "iPhone 6"
  
case "iPhone7,1"
  return "iPhone 6 Plus"
  
case "iPhone8,1"
  return "iPhone 6s"
  
case "iPhone8,2"
  return "iPhone 6s Plus"
  
case "iPhone8,4"
  return "iPhone SE"
  
case "iPhone9,1", "iPhone9,3"
  return "iPhone 7"
  
case "iPhone9,2", "iPhone9,4"
  return "iPhone 7 Plus"
  
case "iPhone10,1", "iPhone10,4"
  return "iPhone 8"
  
case "iPhone10,2", "iPhone10,5"
  return "iPhone 8 Plus"
  
case "iPhone10,3", "iPhone10,6"
  return "iPhone X"
  
case "iPhone11,2"
  return "iPhone XS"
  
case "iPhone11,6"
  return "iPhone XS Max"
  
case "iPhone11,3"
  return "iPhone XR"
  
case "iPhone12,1"
  return "iPhone 11"
  
case "iPhone12,3"
  return "iPhone 11 Pro"
  
case "iPhone12,5"
  return "iPhone 11 Pro Max"
  
case "iPhone12,8"
  return "iPhone SE 2nd Generation"
  
case "iPhone13,1"
  return "iPhone 12 Mini"
  
case "iPhone13,2"
  return "iPhone 12"
  
case "iPhone13,3"
  return "iPhone 12 Pro"
  
case "iPhone13,4"
  return "iPhone 12 Pro Max"
  
case "iPhone14,2"
  return "iPhone 13 Pro"
  
case "iPhone14,3"
  return "iPhone 13 Pro Max"
  
case "iPhone14,4"
  return "iPhone 13 Mini"
  
case "iPhone14,5"
  return "iPhone 13"
  
case "iPhone14,6"
  return "iPhone SE 3rd Generation"
  
case "iPhone14,7"
  return "iPhone 14"
  
case "iPhone15,2"
  return "iPhone 14 Pro"
  
case "iPhone15,3"
  return "iPhone 14 Pro Max"
  
case "iPhone14,8"
  return "iPhone 14 Plus"
  
case "iPhone15,4"
  return "iPhone 15"
  
case "iPhone15,5"
  return "iPhone 15 Plus"
  
case "iPhone16,1"
  return "iPhone 15 Pro"
  
case "iPhone16,2"
  return "iPhone 15 Pro Max"
  
case "iPhone17,3"
  return "iPhone 16"
  
case "iPhone17,4"
  return "iPhone 16 Plus"
  
case "iPhone17,5"
  return "iPhone 16e"
  
case "iPhone18,3"
  return "iPhone 17"
  
case "iPhone18,1"
  return "iPhone 17 Pro"
  
case "iPhone18,2"
  return "iPhone 17 Pro Max"
  
case "iPhone18,4"
  return "iPhone 17 Air"
  
  
  
  // #######################
  // iPod
  // #######################
  //
case "iPod1,1"
  return "iPod Touch"
  
case "iPod2,1"
  return "iPod Touch 2nd Generation"
  
case "iPod3,1"
  return "iPod Touch 3rd Generation"
  
case "iPod4,1"
  return "iPod Touch 4th Generation"
  
case "iPod5,1"
  return "iPod Touch 5th Generation"
  
case "iPod7,1"
  return "iPod Touch 6th Generation"
  
case "iPod9,1"
  return "iPod Touch 7th Generation"
  
  // #######################
  // iPad Mini
  // #######################
  //
case "iPad2,5", "iPad2,6", "iPad2,7"
  return "iPad Mini"
  
case "iPad4,4", "iPad4,5", "iPad4,6"
  return "iPad Mini 2nd Generation"
  
case "iPad4,7", "iPad4,8", "iPad4,9"
  return "iPad Mini 3rd Generation"
  
case "iPad5,1", "iPad5,2"
  return "iPad Mini 4th Generation"
  
case "iPad11,1", "iPad11,2"
  return "iPad Mini 5th Generation"
  
case "iPad14,1", "iPad14,2"
  return "iPad Mini (6th Generation)"
  
case "iPad16,1", "iPad16,2"
  return "iPad mini (A17 Pro)"
  
  
  // #######################
  // iPad
  // #######################
  //
case "iPad1,1"
  return "iPad"
  
case "iPad2,1", "iPad2,2", "iPad2,3", "iPad2,4"
  return "iPad 2"
  
case "iPad3,1", "iPad3,2", "iPad3,3"
  return "iPad 3rd Generation"
  
case "iPad3,4", "iPad3,5", "iPad3,6"
  return "iPad 4th Generation"
  
case "iPad6,11", "iPad6,12"
  return "iPad 5th Generation"
  
case "iPad7,5", "iPad7,6"
  return "iPad 6th Generation"
  
case "iPad7,11", "iPad7,12"
  return "iPad 7th Generation"
  
case "iPad11,6", "iPad11,7"
  return "iPad 8th Generation"
  
case "iPad12,1", "iPad12,2"
  return "iPad (9th Generation)"
  
case "iPad13,18", "iPad13,19"
  return "iPad (10th generation)"
  
case "iPad15,7", "iPad15,8"
  return "iPad (A16)"
  
  
  // #######################
  // iPad Air
  // #######################
  //
case "iPad4,1", "iPad4,2", "iPad4,3"
  return "iPad Air"
  
case "iPad5,3", "iPad5,4"
  return "iPad Air 2"
  
case "iPad11,3", "iPad11,4"
  return "iPad Air 3nd Generation"
  
case "iPad13,1", "iPad13,2"
  return "iPad Air 4th Generation"
  
case "iPad13,16", "iPad13,17"
  return "iPad Air 5th generation"
  
case "iPad14,8", "iPad14,9"
  return "iPad Air 11-inch (M2)"
  
case "iPad14,10", "iPad14,11"
  return "iPad Air 13-inch (M2)"
  
case "iPad15,3", "iPad15,4"
  return "iPad Air 11-inch (M3)"
  
case "iPad15,5", "iPad15,6"
  Return "iPad Air 13-inch (M3)"
  
  
  // #######################
  // iPad Pro
  // #######################
  //
case "iPad6,3", "iPad6,4"
  return "iPad Pro 9.7"""
  
case "iPad7,3", "iPad7,4"
  return "iPad Pro 10.5"""
  
case "iPad8,1", "iPad8,2", "iPad8,3", "iPad8,4"
  return "iPad Pro 11"""
  
case "iPad8,9", "iPad8,10"
  return "iPad Pro 11"" 2nd Generation"
  
case "iPad13,4", "iPad13,5", "iPad13,6", "iPad13,7"
  return "iPad Pro 11"" 3rd Generation"
  
case "iPad6,7", "iPad6,8"
  return "iPad Pro 12.9"""
  
case "iPad7,1", "iPad7,2"
  return "iPad Pro 12.9"" 2nd Generation"
  
case "iPad8,5", "iPad8,6", "iPad8,7", "iPad8,8"
  return "iPad Pro 12.9"" 3nd Generation"
  
case "iPad8,11", "iPad8,12"
  return "iPad Pro 12.9"" 4th Generation"
  
case "iPad13,8", "iPad13,9", "iPad13,10", "iPad13,11"
  return "iPad Pro 12.9"" 5th generation"
  
case "iPad14,3", "iPad14,4"
  return "iPad Pro 11-inch 4th generation"
  
case "iPad14,5", "iPad14,6"
  return "iPad Pro 12.9-inch 6th generation"
  
case "iPad16,3", "iPad16,4"
  return "iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)"
  
case "iPad16,5", "iPad16,6"
  return "iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)"
  
case "iPad17,1", "iPad17,2"
  return "iPad Pro 11-inch (M5)"
  
case "iPad17,3", "iPad17,4"
  return "iPad Pro 13-inch (M5)"
  
  
  
  // #######################
  // Xcode Simulator
  // #######################
  //
case "x86_64", "arm64"
  return "Xcode Simulator"
  
End Select

Else
Return “Unknown”
End If
End Function

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11

System.Version

12

Okay, some information, but not the device “hw.machine” value.

13

name and model ?

compare to: Hardware strings by device — iOS Ref