Media Query not working for iPhone and iPad

Question

@media query is not working in case of iPhone 5 and iPad 4 OS. I have used following CSS for styling each OS and device for different screen.

I explicitly checked that my iPad and iPhone width and height and based on that only i have kept the media queries. This works fine on ANDROID OS.

/*@media print {*/
/* iPhone 5 (Portrait) */
@media screen and (max-device-height: 568px) and (orientation: portrait) {
     #map_canvas {
        border: 1px dashed #C0C0C0; 
        width: 290px;
        height: 473px;
      }
}

/* iPad 4 (Portrait) */
@media screen and (max-device-height: 1024px) and (orientation: portrait) {
 #map_canvas {
    border: 1px dashed #C0C0C0; 
    width: 735px;
    height: 929px;
  }
}

/* iPad 4 (Landscape) */
@media screen and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (orientation: landscape) {
  #map_canvas {
    border: 1px dashed #C0C0C0;
    width: 990px;
    height: 673px;
  }
}

/* Samsung 10.1 inch (Portrait) */
@media screen and (max-device-height: 1280px) and (orientation: portrait) {
 #map_canvas {
    border: 1px dashed #C0C0C0; 
    width: 790px;
    height: 1140px;
  }
}

/* Samsung 10.1 inch (Landscape) */
@media screen and (max-device-width: 1280px) and (orientation: landscape) {
 #map_canvas {
    border: 1px dashed #C0C0C0; 
    width: 1230px;
    height: 680px;
  }
}

/* Samsung 7.0 inch (Portrait) */
@media screen and (max-device-height: 1024px) and (orientation: portrait) {
 #map_canvas {
    border: 1px dashed #C0C0C0; 
    width: 570px;
    height: 875px;
  }
}

/* Samsung 7.0 inch (Landscape) */
@media screen and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (orientation: landscape) {
  #map_canvas {
    border: 1px dashed #C0C0C0;
    width: 990px;
    height: 455px;
  }
}

@media all and (orientation: landscape) {
  html, body {
    height: auto;
  }
}

Each time i tested with various changes in above code, I am getting the LAST CSS being referred for applying the style.

I found one link, (which i have not yet tried but going to try soon as mac is available) but have question about that too (iphone/ipad media query issues). Can anyone explain the reason behind that Is pixel ratio matters in this case??

Answer 1

Excerpted from https://mislav.net/2010/04/targeted-css/

You should be aware that orientation media query, although supported on the iPad, doesn’t work on the iPhone (tested with v3.1.3). Fortunately, size queries like width and device-width work, so layout-switching is possible without JavaScript with some combination of those.