I am using the media query in css to differentiate iphone and ipad
Here's my code:
/* iphone 3 */
@media only screen and (min-device-width : 320px) and (max-device-width : 480px) and (orientation:portrait) { ... }
/* iphone 4 */
@media only screen and (min-device-width : 640px) and (max-device-width : 960px) and (orientation:portrait) { ... }
/*iPad styles*/
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 768px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (orientation:portrait) { ... }
/* i have the same for landscape */
Now I have a resolution conflict, the iphone 4 use the same resolution as the ipad and vice versa.
How can I fix this?
Modify your iPhone 4 media query to target high density pixel displays (retina = iPhone4)
@media screen and (max-device-width: 640px), screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (orientation:portrait) { ... }
Didn't notice you reopened the question with an expansion so here is a reworked answer to target both iphones (3 and 4) and ipads.
Breakdown of what you should expect:
- On regular browsers you should get the
teal
background color.
orange
on an ipad (landscape).
black
on an ipad (portrait)
red
on an iphone 4 (portrait)
pink
on an iphone 4 (landscape)
green
on regular smartphones, e.g Androids (landscape)
purple
on a regular smartphone (portrait)
CSS
body {
background-color:teal;
-webkit-transition: background-color 1000ms linear;
-moz-transition: background-color 1000ms linear;
-o-transition: background-color 1000ms linear;
-ms-transition: background-color 1000ms linear;
transition: background-color 1000ms linear;
}
/* iPads (portrait and landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen
and (min-device-width : 768px)
and (max-device-width : 1024px) {
body {
background-color:yellow;
}
}
/* iPads (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen
and (min-device-width : 768px)
and (max-device-width : 1024px)
and (orientation : landscape) {
body {
background-color:orange;
}
}
/* iPads (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen
and (min-device-width : 768px)
and (max-device-width : 1024px)
and (orientation : portrait) {
body {
background-color:black;
}
}
/* iPhone 4 - (portrait) ---------- */
@media
only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio : 2) and (orientation:portrait),
only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio : 2) and (orientation:portrait){
body {
background-color:red;
}
}
/* iPhone 4 - (landscape) ---------- */
@media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio : 2) and (orientation:landscape), screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio : 2) and (orientation:landscape){
body {
background-color:pink;
}
}
/* Smartphones (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen
and (min-width : 321px)
and (max-width: 480px) {
body {
background-color:green;
}
}
/* Smartphones (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen
and (max-width : 320px) {
body {
background-color:purple;
}
}`<!-- language-all: lang-css -->
I reformatted the @media
queries found in this fine article over at CSS-tricks to comply to some iphone4-specific bits, but overall this media query set should cover both iphones (3 and 4 with separate media queries) and ipads as well.
Here is a demo you can try in your i-devices.
http://jsfiddle.net/andresilich/SpbC3/4/show/
And you can also try out the queries over at http://quirktools.com/screenfly/ to see how they stack up. One thing though, the screenfly site does not differentiate between iphone 3 and 4 because regular browsers skip the webkit
only -webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio : 1.5
pixel ratio count so you will get better results testing it out in your actual device.
Great answer on using the colors to detect device and orientation. iPhone 4 did not work though and only rendered as either green or purple backgrounds.
I found this article which shed some light.
http://www.hemmachat.com/2011/04/21/iphone-website-for-good-beginnings/
Now using the pixel ratio of 2 instead I can now get red and brown on an iPhone 4.
/* iPhone 4 portrait */
@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
body {
background-color:red;
}
}
/* iPhone 4 landscape */
@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 480px){
body {
background-color:brown;
}
}
Check out http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/media-queries-for-standard-devices/
/* iPhone 4 ----------- */
@media
only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio : 1.5),
only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio : 1.5) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPads (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen
and (min-device-width : 768px)
and (max-device-width : 1024px)
and (orientation : portrait) {
/* Styles */
}
iOS does not currently support orientation:portrait
and orientation:landscape
.
Instead Apple currently uses the following:
Portrait
orientation:0
orientation:180 (not currently supported on iphone)
Landscape
orientation:90
orientation:-90
Ref: http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/DataManagement/Reference/DOMWindowAdditionsReference/DOMWindowAdditions/DOMWindowAdditions.html
I have tried this link http://jsfiddle.net/andresilich/SpbC3/4/show/ in the responsive test tool like http://mattkersley.com/responsive/ and http://ipadpeek.com
.I have seen the landscape and the portrait mode displaying the same view. Is there any problem with those tools?