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Checking iOS Version
1 min readOct 2, 2020
iOS 8 and later
Swift 3:
let minimumVersion = OperatingSystemVersion(majorVersion: 8, minorVersion: 1, patchVersion: 2)
if ProcessInfo().isOperatingSystemAtLeast(minimumVersion) {//current version is >= (8.1.2)} else {
//current version is < (8.1.2)}
Swift 2.0 and later
if #available(iOS 9, *) {
// iOS 9} else {
// iOS 8 or earlier}
Compare versions
let minimumVersionString = "3.1.3"
let versionComparison = UIDevice.current.systemVersion.compare(minimumVersionString, options:
.numeric)
switch versionComparison {case .orderedSame, .orderedDescending:
//current version is >= (3.1.3)
breakcase .orderedAscending:
//current version is < (3.1.3)
fallthroughdefault:
break;}
Objective-C
NSString *version = @"3.1.3";
NSString *currentVersion = @"3.1.1";
NSComparisonResult result = [currentVersion compare:version options:NSNumericSearch];
switch(result){case: NSOrderedAscending:
//less than the current versionbreak;
case: NSOrderedDescending:
case: NSOrderedSame:// equal or greater than the current versionbreak; }
Device iOS Version
This will give current system version.
Objective-C
NSString *version = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion]
Swift
let version = UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion
Swift 3
let version = UIDevice.current.systemVersion