Is [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size becoming orie

Question

I ran the following code in both iOS 7 and iOS 8:

UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];
BOOL landscape = (orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft || orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight);
NSLog(@"Currently landscape: %@, width: %.2f, height: %.2f", 
      (landscape ? @"Yes" : @"No"), 
      [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width, 
      [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height);

The following is the result from iOS 8:

Currently landscape: No, width: 320.00, height: 568.00
Currently landscape: Yes, width: 568.00, height: 320.00

Comparing to the result in iOS 7:

Currently landscape: No, width: 320.00, height: 568.00
Currently landscape: Yes, width: 320.00, height: 568.00

Is there any documentation specifying this change? Or is it a temporary bug in iOS 8 APIs?

Answer 1

Related to this question as it solved my problem, here two defines I use for screen width and height calculations:

#define SCREEN_WIDTH (IOS_VERSION_LOWER_THAN_8 ? (UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait([UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation) ? [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width : [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height) : [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width)

#define SCREEN_HEIGHT (IOS_VERSION_LOWER_THAN_8 ? (UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait([UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation) ? [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height : [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width) : [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height)

#define IOS_VERSION_LOWER_THAN_8 (NSFoundationVersionNumber <= NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_7_1)

If you are supporting both iOS 7 and iOS 8, this is the best solution for this problem.

Answer 2

Thats what I used to calculate the correct rect:

UIScreen* const mainScreen = [UIScreen mainScreen];
CGRect rect = [mainScreen bounds];
#ifdef __IPHONE_8_0
if ([mainScreen respondsToSelector:@selector(coordinateSpace)])
{
    if ([mainScreen respondsToSelector:@selector(fixedCoordinateSpace)])
    {
        id tmpCoordSpace = [mainScreen coordinateSpace];
        id tmpFixedCoordSpace = [mainScreen fixedCoordinateSpace];

        if ([tmpCoordSpace respondsToSelector:@selector(convertRect:toCoordinateSpace:)])
        {
            rect = [tmpCoordSpace convertRect:rect toCoordinateSpace: tmpFixedCoordSpace];
        }
    }
}
#endif

Answer 3

The below method can be used to find the screen bounds for a given orientation, independent of iOS version. This method will return the bounds based on the screen size of the device and will give the same CGRect value independent of iOS version.

- (CGRect)boundsForOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)orientation {

    CGFloat width   = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.width;
    CGFloat height  = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height;

    CGRect bounds = CGRectZero;

    if (UIInterfaceOrientationIsLandscape(orientation)) {
        bounds.size = CGSizeMake(MAX(width, height), MIN(width, height));
    } else {
        bounds.size = CGSizeMake(MIN(width, height), MAX(width, height));
    }

    return bounds;
}

// For the below example, bounds will have the same value if you run the code on iOS 8.x or below versions.
CGRect bounds = [self boundsForOrientation:UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait]; 

Answer 4

This will give correct device in iOS7 and iOS8 both,

#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedAscending)
#define IS_PORTRAIT         UIDeviceOrientationIsPortrait([UIDevice currentDevice].orientation)

+ (BOOL)isIPHONE4{

// < iOS 8.0
if(SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(@"8.0")){

        if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 320.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 480.0) {
            return YES;
        } else {
            return NO;
        }

// >= iOS 8.0
}else{

    if(IS_PORTRAIT){

        if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 320.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 480.0) {
            return YES;
        } else {
            return NO;
        }

    }else{

        if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 480.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 320.0) {
            return YES;
        } else {
            return NO;
        }

    }

}


}

+ (BOOL)isIPHONE5{


// < iOS 8.0
if(SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(@"8.0")){

    if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 320.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 568.0) {
        return YES;
    } else {
        return NO;
    }

    // >= iOS 8.0
}else{

    if(IS_PORTRAIT){

        if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 320.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 568.0) {
            return YES;
        } else {
            return NO;
        }

    }else{

        if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 568.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 320.0) {
            return YES;
        } else {
            return NO;
        }

    }

}

}

+ (BOOL)isIPHONE6{

// < iOS 8.0
if(SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(@"8.0")){

    if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 375.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 667.0) {
        return YES;
    } else {
        return NO;
    }

    // >= iOS 8.0
}else{

    if(IS_PORTRAIT){

        if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 375.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 667.0) {
            return YES;
        } else {
            return NO;
        }

    }else{

        if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 667.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 375.0) {
            return YES;
        } else {
            return NO;
        }

    }

}


}
+ (BOOL)isIPHONE6Plus{


// < iOS 8.0
if(SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(@"8.0")){

    if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 414.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 736.0) {
        return YES;
    } else {
        return NO;
    }

    // >= iOS 8.0
}else{

    if(IS_PORTRAIT){

        if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 414.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 736.0) {
            return YES;
        } else {
            return NO;
        }

    }else{

        if ([self getDeviceWidth] == 736.0 && [self getDeviceHeight] == 414.0) {
            return YES;
        } else {
            return NO;
        }

    }

}


}

+ (CGFloat)getDeviceHeight{

//NSLog(@"Device width: %f",[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height);
return [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height;
}
+ (CGFloat)getDeviceWidth{

//NSLog(@"Device width: %f",[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.height);
return [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size.width;
}

//You may add more devices as well(i.e.iPad).

Answer 5

Yes, it's now dependent on orientation.

I prefer the below method of getting the screen size in an orientation-independent way to some of the answers above, both because it's simpler and because it doesn't depend on any of the orientation code (the state of which can be dependent on the time that they are called) or on version checking. You may want the new iOS 8 behavior, but this will work if you need it to be stable on all versions of iOS.

+(CGSize)screenSizeOrientationIndependent {
     CGSize screenSize = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size;
     return CGSizeMake(MIN(screenSize.width, screenSize.height), MAX(screenSize.width, screenSize.height));
}

Answer 6

You can use nativeBounds (orientation-independent)

nativeBounds

The bounding rectangle of the physical screen, measured in pixels. (read-only)

Declaration SWIFT

  var nativeBounds: CGRect { get }

This rectangle is based on the device in a portrait-up orientation. This value does not change as the device rotates.

Detecting the device's height:

if UIScreen.mainScreen().nativeBounds.height == 960.0 {

}

Detecting the device's width:

if UIScreen.mainScreen().nativeBounds.width == 640.0 {

}