How to make xib compatible with both iphone 5 and iphone 4 devices

Question

I am trying to layout my xib so that layout fits in both iphone 5 (4 inches retina) and 3.5 devices.

Because I have to support IOS-5 I cannot use autolayout. I have

Answer 1

If your UI is too complicated and contains too many UIControls , then I suggest to do the following in viewDidLoad():

NSLog(@"Iphone %f ",[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height);
if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height == 568) 
{
     //design frames of your controls accordingly add add the controls as subview to
     self.view            
     //this is iphone 5 xib
} else 
{
     //design frames of your controls accordingly add add the controls as subview to
     self.view 
     // this is iphone 4 xib
}