How to develop or migrate apps for iPhone 5 screen resolution?

Question

The new iPhone 5 display has a new aspect ratio and a new resolution (640 x 1136 pixels).

What is required to develop new or transition already existing applications

Answer 1

There is a slight problem when testing on both iOS device and iOS Simulator. It appears that simulator (XCode 6.0.1) gives switched values for width and height in [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size depending on a device orientation.

So this might be a problem when determinating the right physical screen size. This code helps also to distinct all 2014. iPhone model generations:

• iPhone4s
• iPhone5 (and iPhone5s)
• iPhone6 (and iPhone6+)

It can also be easily changed to make the distinction between e.g. iPhone6 from iPhone6+.

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

    CGSize iOSDeviceScreenSize = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size;

    if ([UIDevice currentDevice].userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone)
    {
        if (iOSDeviceScreenSize.width > 568 || // for iOS devices
            iOSDeviceScreenSize.height > 568) // for iOS simulator
        {   // iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+

            // Instantiate a new storyboard object using the storyboard file named Storyboard_iPhone6
            storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"MainStoryboard_iPhone6" bundle:nil];

            NSLog(@"loaded iPhone6 Storyboard");
        }
        else if (iOSDeviceScreenSize.width == 568 || // for iOS devices
                 iOSDeviceScreenSize.height == 568) // for iOS simulator
        {   // iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5th generation: 4 inch screen (diagonally measured)

            // Instantiate a new storyboard object using the storyboard file named Storyboard_iPhone5
            storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"MainStoryboard_iPhone5" bundle:nil];

            NSLog(@"loaded iPhone5 Storyboard");
        }
        else
        {   // iPhone 3GS, 4, and 4S and iPod Touch 3rd and 4th generation: 3.5 inch screen (diagonally measured)

                // Instantiate a new storyboard object using the storyboard file named Storyboard_iPhone4
            storyboard = [UIStoryboard story    boardWithName:@"MainStoryboard_iPhone" bundle:nil];

                NSLog(@"loaded iPhone4 Storyboard");
        }
    }
    else if ([UIDevice currentDevice].userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
    {   // The iOS device = iPad

        storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"MainStoryboard_iPadnew" bundle:nil];

        NSLog(@"loaded iPad Storyboard");
    }

    // rest my code
}