javascript — Detect if user is using webview for android/iOS or a regular browser — Stack Overflow

Note that Most newer-gen mobile devices now have resolutions greater than 600×400. ie, an iPhone 6….

Proof of test:
ran the most upvoted and most recent posts here, with an optional check once run like so:

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})(navigator.userAgent||navigator.vendor||window.opera);
alert("This browser was found to be a % browser.", window.isMobile ? 'mobile' : 'desktop');

Somehow, the following results were returned on the following Browser Apps. Specs: iPhone 6S, iOS 10.3.1.

Safari (latest): Detected it as a mobile.

Chrome (latest): Did not detect it as a mobile.

SO, i then tested the suggestion from Lanti (https://ipad-mobile.ru/a/31864119/7183483), and it did return the proper results (mobile for all iOS devices, and desktop for my Mac). Therefore, i proceeded to edit it a little since it would fire twice (for both mobile and Tablet). I then noticed when testing on an iPad, that it also returned as a mobile, which makes sense, since the Parameters that Lanti uses check the OS more than anything. Therefore, i simply moved the tablet IF statement inside the mobile check, which would return mobile is the Tablet check was negative, and tablet otherwise. I then added the else clause for the mobile check to return as desktop/laptop, since both qualify, but then noticed that the browser detects CPU and OS brand. So i added what is returned in there as part of else if statement instead. To cap it, I added a cautionary else statement in case nothing was detected.
See bellow, will update with a test on a Windows 10 PC soon.

Oh, and i also added a ‘debugMode’ variable, to easily switch between debug and normal compiling.

Dislaimer: Full credit to Lanti, also that this was not tested on Windows Tablets… which might return desktop/laptop, since the OS is pure Windows. Will check once I find a friend who uses one.

function userAgentDetect() { let debugMode = true; if(window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Mobile/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/IEMobile/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Windows Phone/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/BlackBerry/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/webOS/i)) { if (window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Tablet/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Nexus 7/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Nexus 10/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/KFAPWI/i)) { window.deviceTypeVar = 'tablet'; if (debugMode === true) { alert('Device is a tablet - ' navigator.userAgent); } } else { if (debugMode === true) { alert('Device is a smartphone - ' navigator.userAgent); }; window.deviceTypeVar = 'smartphone'; } } else if (window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Intel Mac/i)) { if (debugMode === true) { alert('Device is a desktop or laptop- ' navigator.userAgent); } window.deviceTypeVar = 'desktop_or_laptop'; } else if (window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Nexus 7/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Nexus 10/i) || window.navigator.userAgent.match(/KFAPWI/i)) { window.deviceTypeVar = 'tablet'; if (debugMode === true) { alert('Device is a tablet - ' navigator.userAgent); } } else { if (debugMode === true) { alert('Device is unknown- ' navigator.userAgent); } window.deviceTypeVar = 'Unknown'; }
}