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Mobile Device Feature Detection (Works in Chrome + Safari as of 2022-02-07)
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isMobile.const.js
/** isMobile - Feature Detection of an actual mobile device
* @description The localStorage.mobile works in Chrome mobile; the latter works in Safari mobile.
* Does not trigger desktop browsers with or w/o the dev-tools open and/or on a mobile simulator.
* @see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11381673/detecting-a-mobile-browser/71030087#71030087
*/
const isMobile = localStorage.mobile || window.navigator.maxTouchPoints > 1;
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gdibble commented Mar 11, 2022

WORKS IN CHROME + SAFARI as of 2022-02-07

I tried putting this in a util, e.g. isMobile.js and returning the value, but it only worked as a const

🙏 Simple ask: If you 👍, please upvote the SO post so more people can find and use the code. TY!

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