We can check the UIDevice’s property systemVersion for this. Here’s a quick snippet that checks this, and conveniently checks the first number in the returned value. This should work until iOS 9…
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NSArray *versionArray = [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] componentsSeparatedByString:@"."]; if ([[versionArray objectAtIndex:0] intValue] >= 7) { // do this if we're runnign iOS 7 or higher return @"iOS 7 or higher"; } else { // do this if we're running iOS 6 or below return @"iOS 6 or lower"; } |
I’ve created a demo project for this code on GitHub:
https://github.com/versluis/iOS-Checkr
Inspired by this thread:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12561599/how-to-check-ios-version-is-ios-6
According to Apple’s iOS 7 Transitioning Guide, the following will check the iOS version via the Foundation framework. This code should be in application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions (App Delegate):