iOS code to identify metal support in runtime?

Question

Usually, I use the below code to identify the iOS version of the device.

if ([[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion floatValue] >= 8.0)

In

Answer 1

I think the best way is to try to get one of the metal classes.

Class metalDeviceClass = NSClassFromString(@"MTLDevice");
BOOL isMetalAvailable = metalDeviceClass != nil;
if (isMetalAvailable) {
    NSLog(@"Metal available");
} else {
    NSLog(@"Metal not available");
}