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Javascript mobile OS detector
/*
* Simple javascript mobile OS / iphone/ android detector
*
* License: GPLv3+
* Author: justin.kelly.org.au
*
*/
$(document).ready(function() {
var deviceIphone = "iphone";
var deviceIpod = "ipod";
var devicePalm = "palm";
var deviceS60 = "series60";
var deviceSymbian = "symbian";
var engineWebKit = "webkit";
var deviceAndroid = "android";
var deviceWinMob = "windows ce";
var deviceWinPhone = "windows phone";
var deviceBB = "blackberry";
//Initialize our user agent string to lower case.
var uagent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
//**************************
// Detects if the current device is an iPhone.
function DetectIphone()
{
if (uagent.search(deviceIphone) > -1)
return true;
else
return false;
}
//**************************
// Detects if the current device is an iPod Touch.
function DetectIpod()
{
if (uagent.search(deviceIpod) > -1)
return true;
else
return false;
}
//**************************
// Detects if the current device is an iPhone or iPod Touch.
function DetectIphoneOrIpod()
{
if (DetectIphone())
return true;
else if (DetectIpod())
return true;
else
return false;
}
//**************************
// Detects if the current browser is the S60 Open Source Browser.
// Screen out older devices and the old WML browser.
function DetectS60OssBrowser()
{
if (uagent.search(engineWebKit) > -1)
{
if ((uagent.search(deviceS60) > -1 ||
uagent.search(deviceSymbian) > -1))
return true;
else
return false;
}
else
return false;
}
//**************************
// Detects if the current device is an Android OS-based device.
function DetectAndroid()
{
if (uagent.search(deviceAndroid) > -1)
return true;
else
return false;
}
//**************************
// Detects if the current device is an Android OS-based device and
// the browser is based on WebKit.
function DetectAndroidWebKit()
{
if (DetectAndroid())
{
if (DetectWebkit())
return true;
else
return false;
}
else
return false;
}
//**************************
// Detects if the current browser is a Windows Mobile device.
function DetectWindowsMobile()
{
if (uagent.search(deviceWinMob) > -1)
return true;
else
return false;
}
//**************************
// Detects if the current browser is a Windows Phone OS 7+ Mobile device.
function DetectWindowsPhone()
{
if (uagent.search(deviceWinPhone) > -1)
return true;
else
return false;
}
//**************************
// Detects if the current browser is a BlackBerry of some sort.
function DetectBlackBerry()
{
if (uagent.search(deviceBB) > -1)
return true;
else
return false;
}
//**************************
// Detects if the current browser is on a PalmOS device.
function DetectPalmOS()
{
if (uagent.search(devicePalm) > -1)
return true;
else
return false;
}
function DetectMobileOS()
{
if (DetectIphoneOrIpod() || DetectS60OssBrowser() || DetectAndroid() || DetectAndroidWebKit() || DetectWindowsMobile() || DetectBlackBerry() || DetectPalmOS())
{
return true
} else {
return false
}
}
if (DetectMobileOS())
{
//do stuff
}
});
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