How does one get UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() to work with iPhone OS SDK < 3.2

Question

Apple advises using the following code to detect whether running on an iPad or iPhone/iPod Touch:

if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) {         


        

Answer 1

I do this to get the code to compile in both 3.1.3 and 3.2:

BOOL iPad = NO;
#ifdef UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM
iPad = (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad);
#endif
if (iPad) {
// iPad specific code here
} else {
// iPhone/iPod specific code here
}

I also wrote a quick blog post about it here: http://www.programbles.com/2010/04/03/compiling-conditional-code-in-universal-iphone-ipad-applications/