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erica/uidevice-extension

Add functionality to UIDevice to distinguish between platforms like iPod touch 1G and 2G and iPhone observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/erica/uidevice-extension · Objective-C observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 6359
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1848
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1515 stars · 453 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

An Objective-C category extending UIDevice to identify the specific iOS hardware platform, distinguishing between devices like iPod touch 1G/2G and iPhone models. The README now directs users to the Cookbook versions instead, indicating the repository is deprecated.

Use cases

  • detect which iphone model my app is running on
  • distinguish ipod touch 1g from 2g in ios app
  • get device platform identifier in objective-c
  • extend uidevice with hardware model info
  • check device generation at runtime on ios

When to choose

  • maintaining a legacy Objective-C iOS app that already uses this category
  • you need simple device model detection on very old iOS versions

When to avoid

  • starting a new iOS project - use modern APIs like uname/sysctl or the Cookbook instead
  • you need maintained, supported device detection code
  • your project requires a permissive license - this repo has none

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

sdk developer-tools developer-tools hardware cpp uidevice device-identification objective-c ios-hardware deprecated ios-tools ios swift

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
erica/uidevice-extensionmain32

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