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Getting the physical screen size in inches for iPhone

How can I get the screen size programmatically in inches(for example iPhone 4, 3.5 inches).

I found a way to do it by detecting the iPhone/iPad model but hard coding is not what I want so I am not looking something like that.

Solution

  • This will find the diagonal screen size of a device:

    float scale = [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale];

float ppi = scale * ((UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) ? 132 : 163);

float width = ([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width * scale);
float height = ([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height * scale);

float horizontal = width / ppi, vertical = height / ppi;

float diagonal = sqrt(pow(horizontal, 2) + pow(vertical, 2));

    diagonal will contain the diagonal size, in inches, of the screen.