Description

This variable holds one of various constant GameMaker Studio 2 has to tell you which device you are currently running the game on. The following constants can be returned:

Constant	Description
device_ios_ipad	iPad
device_ios_ipad_retina	Newer iPad with Retina display size of 2048 x 1536
device_ios_iphone6	iPhone6 with display size 1334 x 750
device_ios_iphone6plus	Larger iPhone 6 with display 1920 x 1080
device_ios_iphone5	iPhone5 with display size 640 x 1136)
device_ios_iphone	Older iPhone/iPod Touch (480 x 320 screen) or Android phone
device_ios_iphone_retina	Newer iPhone/iPod Touch with Retina display of 960 x 640
device_emulator	The device is actually an emulator (Windows Phone or Android)
device_tablet	Android tablet
device_ios_unknown	Unknown or not iOS

Syntax:

os_device

Returns:

Constant

Example:

if os_browser = browser_not_a_browser
    {
    switch (os_device)
        {
        case device_ios_ipad: global.Config = 2; break;
        case device_ios_iphone: global.Config = 3; break;
        case device_ios_iphone_retina: global.Config = 4; break;
        case device_ios_unknown: global.Config = 5; break;
        }
    }
else
    {
    global.Config = 1;
    }

The above code checks to see if the game is running in a browser or not and sets a global variable to a value depending on the result of the check.