[iOS] How can I tell device information (iPhone Vs iPad etc)

[simedj]

I want to build a combined iPhone/iPad app rather than separate apps, to quickly test some things. I'll support retina iPhone only, iPad2 and above.

But resolutions on these devices are different - in fact on iPhone you have 3.5" AND 4" versions. And then, on iPhone I want to always use full retina resolution (Scaling Factor=2) but on iPad I want to never use retina (Scaling Factor=1).
How can I sort this out in code, and/or by using multiple ogre.cfg files? Does Ogre know what device it runs on or do I need to use OBJ-C for this? When creating my RenderWindow, can I tell Ogre "just use the device resolution"?

Thankyou.

[masterfalcon]

I would recommend taking a look at Apples UIDevice class for determining what device you are running on and then set window parameters accordingly.

[simedj]

Thanks. I came across this useful macro - UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() - which trivially identifies between phone and tablet form factor.

I also hadn't realised that Ogre automatically sets a resolution in the GLES2 RenderSystem configuration based on the device screen resolution, in EAGL2Support::addConfig():

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CGSize screenSize = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size;

I found this after finding the same thing on StackOverflow and was about to implement it when I realised Ogre already did it for me

However there seemed to be some debate on iPhone status bar and device orientation in that link so I raised this PaperCut: http://www.ogre3d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=80243