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Differentiate between iPhone, iPad and simulator

October 20, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments 
#if TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
// simulator specific code
#elif TARGET_OS_IPHONE
// iPhone specific code
#elif TARGET_OS_IPAD
// iPad specific code
#else
// Unknown target
#endif
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  1. Sam Hocevar
    September 18, 2011 at 22:26
    Reply

    those macros are not defined when building a static library

    • ravindranathakila
      August 29, 2013 at 11:54
      Reply

      +1 True! This is the only place I found an answer to this! Having this problem trying to build XMPPFramework into a static distributable!

    • ravindranathakila
      August 29, 2013 at 12:01
      Reply

      Any suggestion on making a custom definition? Suppose we know it is running on iPhone, can we define a macro to be reflected globally when compiling?

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