Programmatically detect if app is being run on device or simulator

Question

I\'d like to know whether my app is being run on device or simulator at run time. Is there a way to detect this?

Reason being to test bluetooth api with simulator:

Answer 1

I created a macro in which you can specify which actions you want to perform inside parentheses and these actions will only be performed if the device is being simulated.

#define SIM(x) if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice].model lowercaseString] rangeOfString:@"simulator"].location != NSNotFound){x;}

This is used like this:

SIM(NSLog(@"This will only be logged if the device is simulated"));

Answer 2

TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR is defined on the device (but defined to false). and defined as below

#if TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR
NSString * const DeviceMode = @"Simulator";
#else
NSString * const DeviceMode = @"Device";
#endif

Just use DeviceMode to know between device and simulator