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Using Python on iOS — Platform identification

When executing on iOS, sys.platform will report as ios. This value will be returned on an iPhone or iPad, regardless of whether the app is running on the simulator or a physical device. Information about the specific runtime environment, including the iOS version, device model, and whether the devic

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). When executing on iOS, sys.platform will report as ios. This value will be returned on an iPhone or iPad, regardless of whether the app is running on the simulator or a physical device. Information about the specific runtime environment, including the iOS version, device model, and whether the device is a simulator, can be obtained using platform.ios_ver. platform.system will report iOS or iPadOS, depending on the device. os.uname reports kernel-level details; it will report a name of Darwin. Attribution: Adapted from Python Documentation under PSF-2.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, removed long code blocks, and shortened it for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.
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