iOS get physical screen size programmatically?

Question

Is this possible? I want the number of inches, not the number of pixels. I know it is approximately 160 ppi. But not exactly.

Answer 1

Maybe Jeff Hay's code can be adapted to include iPad Mini. The trick is to get the device's model identifier. The most recent non-retina iPad is "iPad2,4" and the first iPad mini is "iPad2,5". Now all you need to check is if the screen scaling is 1.0 (non-retina)

Although this code is not future-proof, you can always add more rules for model identifiers.

#import 

#define SCREEN_SIZE_IPAD_MINI 7.9

    struct utsname systemInfo;
    uname(&systemInfo);
    if(UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad && strcasecmp(systemInfo.machine, "iPad2,5") >= 0 [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale] == 1.0)
        return SCREEN_SIZE_IPAD_MINI