Question

I have an ipad app and would like to make it run also on iphone (in the same app) so when i install the app on an iphone/ipad, the proper view is selected.

Honestly i don’t know where to begin, could you give me some ideas of what i am dealing with?

Answer 1

If you look at the default project for a Universal Application, you can see how this works (see here the applicationDidFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]];
    // Detects if it is an iPhone.
    if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone) {
        // It's an iPhone
        self.viewController = [[Test123ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"Test123ViewController_iPhone" bundle:nil]; 
    } else {
        // It's an iPad
        self.viewController = [[Test123ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"Test123ViewController_iPad" bundle:nil]; 
    }
    self.window.rootViewController = self.viewController;
    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
    return YES;
}

This allows you to select the correct nib for your application’s view controller based on the device.