Determine if iOS device is 32- or 64-bit

Question

Does anyone know of an easy way to tell if an iOS7 device has 32- or 64-bit hardware? I don\'t mean programmatically, I just mean via settings, model number, 3rd-party app,

Answer 1

Below is the method is64bitHardware. It returns YES if the hardware is a 64-bit hardware and works on a real iOS device and in an iOS Simulator. Here is source.

#include 

+ (BOOL) is64bitHardware
{
#if __LP64__
    // The app has been compiled for 64-bit intel and runs as 64-bit intel
    return YES;
#endif

    // Use some static variables to avoid performing the tasks several times.
    static BOOL sHardwareChecked = NO;
    static BOOL sIs64bitHardware = NO;

    if(!sHardwareChecked)
    {
        sHardwareChecked = YES;

#if TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
        // The app was compiled as 32-bit for the iOS Simulator.
        // We check if the Simulator is a 32-bit or 64-bit simulator using the function is64bitSimulator()
        // See http://blog.timac.org/?p=886
        sIs64bitHardware = is64bitSimulator();
#else
        // The app runs on a real iOS device: ask the kernel for the host info.
        struct host_basic_info host_basic_info;
        unsigned int count;
        kern_return_t returnValue = host_info(mach_host_self(), HOST_BASIC_INFO, (host_info_t)(&host_basic_info), &count);
        if(returnValue != KERN_SUCCESS)
        {
            sIs64bitHardware = NO;
        }

        sIs64bitHardware = (host_basic_info.cpu_type == CPU_TYPE_ARM64);

#endif // TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
    }

    return sIs64bitHardware;
}