Device detection if is android?

Question

I have an meteor app that is deployed for both ios and android device and i want certain code to run on only ios device and not on android. I know that I can detect device using navigator.userAgent but this will only work if i have my app running on browser.

//This works if its a browser

navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("android") > -1;

But is there any possible way to detect device if i have created bundle for android using meteor cordova plugin so it works like a native app.

Trattoria

Did you try Device API? You can check if(device.platform == 'Android') – Mango

possible duplicate of Meteor device detection android or ios? – Bellflower

Answer 1

As Nijil Nair suggested use the Cordova Device Plugin . If you need help adding the plugin see Meteor Cordova . Once the plugin is properly installed you can use var devicePlatform = device.platform; which will return one of the following based on the device:

• "Android"
• "BlackBerry"
• "iOS"
• "WinCE"

Twill

Meteor Cordova link has moved to: guide.meteor.com/mobile.html#introduction – Danseuse

Not all versions of Windows return WinCE, check this out for more. – Pulsar

From the recent code documentation: ` /** * The device platform (lowercase). * * @since 1.0.0 */ platform: 'ios' | 'android' | 'web';` – Hoarfrost

Answer 2

No reason for plugins, just use window.

window.cordova.platformId

You can also get the version of the os.

Full output:

window.cordova.platformId

"android"

window.cordova.platformVersion

"7.0.0"

Calmas

Where is the documentation of this field? How to check what values are possible? – Epilate

Is this safe to use? Can we rely on this? – Epilate

@Epilate It is safe to use. A freshly created Cordova project has this line: console.log('Running cordova-' + cordova.platformId + '@' + cordova.version); Check the cordova-app-hello-world package. Also search your Cordova project's "platforms" folder for "platformId: platform.id" and you'll see it in the various platforms, e.g. android/platform_www/cordova.js or ios/www/cordova.js – Visby