What is the best way to detect a mobile device?

Question

Is there a way to detect whether or not a user is using a mobile device in jQuery? Something similar to the CSS @media attribute? I would like to run a different script if the browser is on a handheld device.

The jQuery $.browser function is not what I am looking for.

Answer 1

Editor's note: user agent detection is not a recommended technique for modern web apps. See the comments below this answer for confirmation of this fact. It is suggested to use one of the other answers using feature detection and/or media queries.

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Instead of using jQuery you can use simple JavaScript to detect it:

if( /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|Mac|Macintosh|iPod|BlackBerry|IEMobile|Opera Mini/i.test(navigator.userAgent) ) {
 // some code..
}

Or you can combine them both to make it more accessible through jQuery...

$.browser.device = (/android|webos|iphone|ipad|ipod|blackberry|iemobile|opera mini/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase()));

Now $.browser will return "device" for all above devices

Note: $.browser removed on jQuery v1.9.1. But you can use this by using jQuery migration plugin Code

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A more thorough version:

var isMobile = false; //initiate as false
// device detection
if(/(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|ipad|iris|kindle|Android|Silk|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino/i.test(navigator.userAgent) 
    || /1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-/i.test(navigator.userAgent.substr(0,4))) { 
    isMobile = true;
}

Answer 2

For me small is beautiful so I'm using this technique:

In CSS file:

/* Smartphones ----------- */
@media only screen and (max-width: 760px) {
  #some-element { display: none; }
}

In jQuery/JavaScript file:

$( document ).ready(function() {      
    var is_mobile = false;

    if( $('#some-element').css('display')=='none') {
        is_mobile = true;       
    }

    // now I can use is_mobile to run javascript conditionally

    if (is_mobile == true) {
        //Conditional script here
    }
 });

My objective was to have my site "mobile-friendly". So I use CSS Media Queries do show/hide elements depending on the screen size.

For example, in my mobile version I don't want to activate the Facebook Like Box, because it loads all those profile images and stuff. And that's not good for mobile visitors. So, besides hiding the container element, I also do this inside the jQuery code block (above):

if(!is_mobile) {
    (function(d, s, id) {
        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
        if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
        js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
        js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/pt_PT/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=210731252294735";
        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));
}

You can see it in action at http://lisboaautentica.com

I'm still working on the the mobile version, so it's still not looking as it should, as of writing this.

Update by dekin88

There is a JavaScript API built-in for detecting media. Rather than using the above solution simply use the following:

$(function() {      
    let isMobile = window.matchMedia("only screen and (max-width: 760px)").matches;

    if (isMobile) {
        //Conditional script here
    }
 });

Browser Supports: http://caniuse.com/#feat=matchmedia

The advantage of this method is that it's not only simpler and shorter, but you can conditionally target different devices such as smartphones and tablets separately if necessary without having to add any dummy elements into the DOM.

Answer 3

According to Mozilla - Browser detection using the user agent:

In summary, we recommend looking for the string “Mobi” anywhere in the User Agent to detect a mobile device.

Like this:

if (/Mobi/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
    // mobile!
}

This will match all common mobile browser user agents, including mobile Mozilla, Safari, IE, Opera, Chrome, etc.

Update for Android

EricL recommends testing for Android as a user agent also, as the Chrome user agent string for tablets does not include "Mobi" (the phone versions do however):

if (/Mobi|Android/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
    // mobile!
}

Answer 4

A simple and effective one-liner:

function isMobile() { return ('ontouchstart' in document.documentElement); }

However above code doesn't take into account the case for laptops with touchscreen. Thus, I provide this second version, based on @Julian solution:

function isMobile() {
  try{ document.createEvent("TouchEvent"); return true; }
  catch(e){ return false; }
}

Answer 5

What you are doing by wanting to detect a mobile device is getting a little too close to a "browser sniffing" concept IMO. It would likely be much better to do some feature detection. Libraries like http://www.modernizr.com/ can help with that.

For example, where is the line between mobile and non-mobile? It gets more and more blurry every day.

Answer 6

It's not jQuery, but I found this: http://detectmobilebrowser.com/

It provides scripts to detect mobile browsers in several languages, one of which is JavaScript. That may help you with what you're looking for.

However, since you are using jQuery, you might want to be aware of the jQuery.support collection. It's a collection of properties for detecting the capabilities of the current browser. Documentation is here: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.support/

Since I don't know what exactly what you're trying to accomplish, I don't know which of these will be the most useful.

All that being said, I think your best bet is to either redirect or write a different script to the output using a server-side language (if that is an option). Since you don't really know the capabilities of a mobile browser x, doing the detection, and alteration logic on the server side would be the most reliable method. Of course, all of that is a moot point if you can't use a server side language :)

Answer 7

Sometimes it is desired to know which brand device a client is using in order to show content specific to that device, like a link to the iPhone store or the Android market. Modernizer is great, but only shows you browser capabilities, like HTML5, or Flash.

Here is my UserAgent solution in jQuery to display a different class for each device type:

/*** sniff the UA of the client and show hidden div's for that device ***/
var customizeForDevice = function(){
    var ua = navigator.userAgent;
    var checker = {
      iphone: ua.match(/(iPhone|iPod|iPad)/),
      blackberry: ua.match(/BlackBerry/),
      android: ua.match(/Android/)
    };
    if (checker.android){
        $('.android-only').show();
    }
    else if (checker.iphone){
        $('.idevice-only').show();
    }
    else if (checker.blackberry){
        $('.berry-only').show();
    }
    else {
        $('.unknown-device').show();
    }
}

This solution is from Graphics Maniacs http://graphicmaniacs.com/note/detecting-iphone-ipod-ipad-android-and-blackberry-browser-with-javascript-and-php/

Answer 8

Found a solution in: http://www.abeautifulsite.net/blog/2011/11/detecting-mobile-devices-with-javascript/.

var isMobile = {
    Android: function() {
        return navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i);
    },
    BlackBerry: function() {
        return navigator.userAgent.match(/BlackBerry/i);
    },
    iOS: function() {
        return navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone|iPad|iPod/i);
    },
    Opera: function() {
        return navigator.userAgent.match(/Opera Mini/i);
    },
    Windows: function() {
        return navigator.userAgent.match(/IEMobile/i);
    },
    any: function() {
        return (isMobile.Android() || isMobile.BlackBerry() || isMobile.iOS() || isMobile.Opera() || isMobile.Windows());
    }
};

And then to verify if its a Mobile, you can test using:

if(isMobile.any()) {
   //some code...
}

Answer 9

If by "mobile" you mean "small screen," I use this:

var windowWidth = window.screen.width < window.outerWidth ?
                  window.screen.width : window.outerWidth;
var mobile = windowWidth < 500;

On iPhone you'll end up with a window.screen.width of 320. On Android you'll end up with a window.outerWidth of 480 (though that can depend on the Android). iPads and Android tablets will return numbers like 768 so they'll get the full view like you'd want.

Answer 10

You can't rely on navigator.userAgent, not every device reveals its real OS. On my HTC for example, it depends on the settings ("using mobile version" on/off). On http://my.clockodo.com, we simply used screen.width to detect small devices. Unfortunately, in some Android versions there's a bug with screen.width. You can combine this way with the userAgent:

if(screen.width < 500 ||
 navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i) ||
 navigator.userAgent.match(/webOS/i) ||
 navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i) ||
 navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i)) {
alert("This is a mobile device");
}

Answer 11

If you use Modernizr, it is very easy to use Modernizr.touch as mentioned earlier.

However, I prefer using a combination of Modernizr.touch and user agent testing, just to be safe.

var deviceAgent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();

var isTouchDevice = Modernizr.touch || 
(deviceAgent.match(/(iphone|ipod|ipad)/) ||
deviceAgent.match(/(android)/)  || 
deviceAgent.match(/(iemobile)/) || 
deviceAgent.match(/iphone/i) || 
deviceAgent.match(/ipad/i) || 
deviceAgent.match(/ipod/i) || 
deviceAgent.match(/blackberry/i) || 
deviceAgent.match(/bada/i));

if (isTouchDevice) {
        //Do something touchy
    } else {
        //Can't touch this
    }

If you don't use Modernizr, you can simply replace the Modernizr.touch function above with ('ontouchstart' in document.documentElement)

Also note that testing the user agent iemobile will give you broader range of detected Microsoft mobile devices than Windows Phone.

Also see this SO question

Answer 12

In one line of javascript:

var isMobile = ('ontouchstart' in document.documentElement && /mobi/i.test(navigator.userAgent);

If the user agent contains 'Mobi' (as per MDN) and ontouchstart is available then it is likely to be a mobile device.

EDIT: Updates the regex code in response to feedback in the comments. Using regex/mobi/i the i makes it case-insensitive, and mobi matches all mobile browsers. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/User-Agent/Firefox

Answer 13

I know this question has a lot of answers, but from what I saw nobody approaches the answer the way I would solve this.

CSS uses width (Media Queries) to determine which styles applied to the web document baseed on width. Why not use width in the JavaScript?

For instance in Bootstrap's (Mobile First) Media Queries, there exist 4 snap/break points:

• Extra Small Devices are 768 pixels and under.
• Small Devices range from 768 to 991 pixels.
• Medium Devices range from 992 to 1199 pixels.
• Large Devices are 1200 pixels and up.

We can use this to also solve our JavaScript issue as well.

First we will create a function that gets the window size and returns a value that allows us to see what size device is viewing our application:

var getBrowserWidth = function(){
    if(window.innerWidth < 768){
        // Extra Small Device
        return "xs";
    } else if(window.innerWidth < 991){
        // Small Device
        return "sm"
    } else if(window.innerWidth < 1199){
        // Medium Device
        return "md"
    } else {
        // Large Device
        return "lg"
    }
};

Now that we have the function set up, we can call it ans store the value:

var device = getBrowserWidth();

Your question was

I would like to run a different script if the browser is on a handheld device.

Now that we have the device information all that is left is an if statement:

if(device === "xs"){
  // Enter your script for handheld devices here 
}

Here is an example on CodePen: http://codepen.io/jacob-king/pen/jWEeWG

Answer 14

I am surprised that no one pointed out a nice site: http://detectmobilebrowsers.com/ It has ready made code in different languages for mobile detection (including but not limited to):

• Apache
• ASP
• C#
• IIS
• JavaScript
• NGINX
• PHP
• Perl
• Python
• Rails

And if you need to detect the tablets as well, just check About section for additional RegEx parameter.

Android tablets, iPads, Kindle Fires and PlayBooks are not detected by design. To add support for tablets, add |android|ipad|playbook|silk to the first regex.

Answer 15

If found that just checking navigator.userAgent isn't always reliable. Greater reliability can be achieved by also checking navigator.platform. A simple modification to a previous answer seems to work better:

if (/Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry/i.test(navigator.userAgent) ||
   (/Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry/i.test(navigator.platform))) {
    // some code...
}

Answer 16

If you're not particularly worried about small displays you could use width/height detection. So that way if width is under a certain size, the mobile site is thrown up. It may not be the perfect way, but it will probably be the easiest to detect for multiple devices. You may need to put in a specific one for the iPhone 4 (large resolution).

Answer 17

To add an extra layer of control I use the HTML5 storage to detect if it is using mobile storage or desktop storage. If the browser does not support storage I have an array of mobile browser names and I compare the user agent with the browsers in the array.

It is pretty simple. Here is the function:

// Used to detect whether the users browser is an mobile browser
function isMobile() {
    ///<summary>Detecting whether the browser is a mobile browser or desktop browser</summary>
    ///<returns>A boolean value indicating whether the browser is a mobile browser or not</returns>

    if (sessionStorage.desktop) // desktop storage 
        return false;
    else if (localStorage.mobile) // mobile storage
        return true;

    // alternative
    mobile = ['iphone','ipad','android','blackberry','nokia','opera mini','windows mobile','windows phone','iemobile','tablet','mobi']; 
    var ua=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
    for (var i in mobile) if (ua.indexOf(mobile[i]) > -1) return true;

    // nothing found.. assume desktop
    return false;
}

Answer 18

I advise you check out http://wurfl.io/

In a nutshell, if you import a tiny JavaScript file:

<script type='text/javascript' src="//wurfl.io/wurfl.js"></script>

You will be left with a JSON object that looks like:

{
 "complete_device_name":"Google Nexus 7",
 "is_mobile":true,
 "form_factor":"Tablet"
}

(That's assuming you are using a Nexus 7, of course) and you will be able to do things like:

if(WURFL.is_mobile) {
    //dostuff();
}

This is what you are looking for.

Disclaimer: I work for the company that offers this free service.

Answer 19

Great answer thanks. Small improvement to support Windows phone and Zune:

if (navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i) ||
  navigator.userAgent.match(/webOS/i) ||
  navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i) ||
  navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i) ||
  navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i) ||
  navigator.userAgent.match(/BlackBerry/) ||
  navigator.userAgent.match(/Windows Phone/i) ||
  navigator.userAgent.match(/ZuneWP7/i)
) {
  // some code
  self.location = "top.htm";
}

Answer 20

You can use media query to be able to handle it easily.

isMobile = function(){
    var isMobile = window.matchMedia("only screen and (max-width: 760px)");
    return isMobile.matches ? true : false
}

Answer 21

Check out this post, it gives a really nice code snippet for what to do when touch devices are detected or what to do if touchstart event is called:

$(function(){
  if(window.Touch) {
    touch_detect.auto_detected();
  } else {
    document.ontouchstart = touch_detect.surface;
  }
}); // End loaded jQuery
var touch_detect = {
  auto_detected: function(event){
    /* add everything you want to do onLoad here (eg. activating hover controls) */
    alert('this was auto detected');
    activateTouchArea();
  },
  surface: function(event){
    /* add everything you want to do ontouchstart here (eg. drag & drop) - you can fire this in both places */
    alert('this was detected by touching');
    activateTouchArea();
  }
}; // touch_detect
function activateTouchArea(){
  /* make sure our screen doesn't scroll when we move the "touchable area" */
  var element = document.getElementById('element_id');
  element.addEventListener("touchstart", touchStart, false);
}
function touchStart(event) {
  /* modularize preventing the default behavior so we can use it again */
  event.preventDefault();
}

Answer 22

All answers use user-agent to detect the browser but device detection based on user-agent is not very good solution, better is to detect features like touch device (in new jQuery they remove $.browser and use $.support instead).

To detect mobile you can check for touch events:

function is_touch_device() {
  return 'ontouchstart' in window // works on most browsers 
      || 'onmsgesturechange' in window; // works on ie10
}

Taken from What's the best way to detect a 'touch screen' device using JavaScript?

Answer 23

I would be suggesting to use following combo of strings, to check if device type being used.

As per Mozilla documentation string Mobi is recommended. But, some of the old tablets doesn't return true if only Mobi is used, hence we should use Tablet string too.

Similarly, for being on the safe side iPad and iPhone strings could also be used to check the device type.

Most of the new devices would return true for Mobi string alone.

if (/Mobi|Tablet|iPad|iPhone/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
    // do something
}

Answer 24

Here's a function you can use to get a true/false answer as to whether you're running on a mobile browser. Yes, it is browser-sniffing, but sometimes that is exactly what you need.

function is_mobile() {
    var agents = ['android', 'webos', 'iphone', 'ipad', 'blackberry'];
    for(i in agents) {
        if(navigator.userAgent.match('/'+agents[i]+'/i')) {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

Answer 25

Use this:

/**  * jQuery.browser.mobile (http://detectmobilebrowser.com/)  * jQuery.browser.mobile will be true if the browser is a mobile device  **/ (function(a){jQuery.browser.mobile=/android.+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino/i.test(a)||/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|e\-|e\/|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(di|rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|xda(\-|2|g)|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-/i.test(a.substr(0,4))})(navigator.userAgent||navigator.vendor||window.opera);

Then use this:

if(jQuery.browser.mobile)
{
   console.log('You are using a mobile device!');
}
else
{
   console.log('You are not using a mobile device!');
}

Answer 26

Simple function based on http://detectmobilebrowser.com/

function isMobile() {
    var a = navigator.userAgent||navigator.vendor||window.opera;
    return /(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|mobile.+firefox|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino/i.test(a)||/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-/i.test(a.substr(0,4));
}

Answer 27

I know this old question and there is a lot of answer but I think this function is simple and will help for detect all mobile, Tablet and computer browser it work like a charm.

function Device_Type() 
{
    var Return_Device; 
    if(/(up.browser|up.link|mmp|symbian|smartphone|midp|wap|phone|android|iemobile|w3c|acs\-|alav|alca|amoi|audi|avan|benq|bird|blac|blaz|brew|cell|cldc|cmd\-|dang|doco|eric|hipt|inno|ipaq|java|jigs|kddi|keji|leno|lg\-c|lg\-d|lg\-g|lge\-|maui|maxo|midp|mits|mmef|mobi|mot\-|moto|mwbp|nec\-|newt|noki|palm|pana|pant|phil|play|port|prox|qwap|sage|sams|sany|sch\-|sec\-|send|seri|sgh\-|shar|sie\-|siem|smal|smar|sony|sph\-|symb|t\-mo|teli|tim\-|tosh|tsm\-|upg1|upsi|vk\-v|voda|wap\-|wapa|wapi|wapp|wapr|webc|winw|winw|xda|xda\-) /i.test(navigator.userAgent))
    {
        if(/(tablet|ipad|playbook)|(android(?!.*(mobi|opera mini)))/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) 
        {
            Return_Device = 'Tablet';
        }
        else
        {
            Return_Device = 'Mobile';
        }
    }
    else if(/(tablet|ipad|playbook)|(android(?!.*(mobi|opera mini)))/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) 
    {
        Return_Device = 'Tablet';
    }
    else
    {
        Return_Device = 'Desktop';
    }

    return Return_Device;
}

Answer 28

<script>
  function checkIsMobile(){
      if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mobile") > 0){
        return true;
      }else{
        return false;
      }
   }
</script>

If you goto any browser and if you try to get navigator.userAgent then we'll be getting the browser information something like following

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_13_1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/64.0.3282.186 Safari/537.36

The same thing if you do in mobile you'll be getting following

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 8.1.0; Pixel Build/OPP6.171019.012) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/61.0.3163.98 Mobile Safari/537.36

Every mobile browser will have useragent with string containing "Mobile" So I'm using above snippet in my code to check whether current user agent is web/mobile. Based on the result I'll be doing required changes.

Answer 29

I use this

if(navigator.userAgent.search("mobile")>0 ){
         do something here
}

Answer 30

This is my code I'm using in my projects:

function isMobile() {
 try {
    if(/Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|pocket|psp|kindle|avantgo|blazer|midori|Tablet|Palm|maemo|plucker|phone|BlackBerry|symbian|IEMobile|mobile|ZuneWP7|Windows Phone|Opera Mini/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
     return true;
    };
    return false;
 } catch(e){ console.log("Error in isMobile"); return false; }
}

Answer 31

How about mobiledetect.net?

Other solutions seem too basic. This is a lightweight PHP class. It uses the User-Agent string combined with specific HTTP headers to detect the mobile environment. You can also benefit from Mobile Detect by using any of the 3rd party plugins available for: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, etc.

Answer 32

This seems to be a comprehensive, modern solution:

https://github.com/matthewhudson/device.js

It detects several platforms, smartphone vs. tablets, and orientation. It also adds classes to the BODY tag so detection takes place only once and you can read what device you're on with a simple series of jQuery hasClass functions.

Check it out...

[DISCLAIMER: I've got nothing to do with the person who wrote it.]

Answer 33

I know it's very old question about this kind of detection.

My solution is based on scroller width (is exist or not).

// this function will check the width of scroller
// if scroller width is less than 10px it's mobile device

//function ismob() {
    var dv = document.getElementById('divscr');
    var sp=document.getElementById('res');
    if (dv.offsetWidth - dv.clientWidth < 10) {sp.innerHTML='Is mobile'; //return true; 
    } else {
    sp.innerHTML='It is not mobile'; //return false;
    }
//}

<!-- put hidden div on very begining of page -->
<div id="divscr" style="position:fixed;top:0;left:0;width:50px;height:50px;overflow:hidden;overflow-y:scroll;z-index:-1;visibility:hidden;"></div>
<span id="res"></span>

Answer 34

The screen may be on desktop with a small resolution or a mobile with a wide resolution, as so, combining two answers found here in this question

const isMobile = window.matchMedia("only screen and (max-width: 760px)");
if (/Mobi|Tablet|iPad|iPhone/i.test(navigator.userAgent) || isMobile.matches) {
    console.log('is_mobile')
}

Answer 35

You could also use server side script and set javascript variables from it.

Example in php

download http://code.google.com/p/php-mobile-detect/ and then set javascript variables.

<script>
//set defaults
var device_type = 'desktop';
</script>

<?php
require_once( 'Mobile_Detect.php');
$detect = new Mobile_Detect();
?>

<script>
device_type="<?php echo ($detect->isMobile() ? ($detect->isTablet() ? 'tablet' : 'mobile') : 'desktop'); ?>";
alert( device_type);
</script>

Answer 36

Also I recommend using the tiny JavaScript library Bowser, yes no r. It is based on the navigator.userAgent and quite well tested for all browsers including iPhone, Android etc.

https://github.com/ded/bowser

You can use simply say:

if (bowser.msie && bowser.version <= 6) {
  alert('Hello China');
} else if (bowser.firefox){
  alert('Hello Foxy');
} else if (bowser.chrome){
  alert('Hello Silicon Valley');
} else if (bowser.safari){
  alert('Hello Apple Fan');
} else if(bowser.iphone || bowser.android){
  alert('Hello mobile');
}

Answer 37

You can also detect it like below

$.isIPhone = function(){
    return ((navigator.platform.indexOf("iPhone") != -1) || (navigator.platform.indexOf("iPod") != -1));

};
$.isIPad = function (){
    return (navigator.platform.indexOf("iPad") != -1);
};
$.isAndroidMobile  = function(){
    var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
    return ua.indexOf("android") > -1 && ua.indexOf("mobile");
};
$.isAndroidTablet  = function(){
    var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
    return ua.indexOf("android") > -1 && !(ua.indexOf("mobile"));
};

Answer 38

I tried some of the ways and then I decided to fill a list manually and do a simple JS check. And in the end the user has to confirm. Because some checks gave false positive or negative.

var isMobile = false;
if (/Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry|IEMobile|Opera Mini|Opera Mobile|Kindle|Windows Phone|PSP|AvantGo|Atomic Web Browser|Blazer|Chrome Mobile|Dolphin|Dolfin|Doris|GO Browser|Jasmine|MicroB|Mobile Firefox|Mobile Safari|Mobile Silk|Motorola Internet Browser|NetFront|NineSky|Nokia Web Browser|Obigo|Openwave Mobile Browser|Palm Pre web browser|Polaris|PS Vita browser|Puffin|QQbrowser|SEMC Browser|Skyfire|Tear|TeaShark|UC Browser|uZard Web|wOSBrowser|Yandex.Browser mobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && confirm('Are you on a mobile device?')) isMobile = true;

Now, if you want to use jQuery to set the CSS, you could do the following:

$(document).ready(function() {
  if (isMobile) $('link[type="text/css"]').attr('href', '/mobile.css');
});

Since the borders between mobile and fixed devices become fluent and mobile browers are already powerful, checking width and user confirmation will probably be the best for the future (assuming that width in some cases will still be important). Because touches are already converted into mouse-ups and downs.

And concerning the mobile movability, I suggest you to think about Yoav Barnea's idea:

if(typeof window.orientation !== 'undefined'){...}

Answer 39

function isDeviceMobile(){
 var isMobile = {
  Android: function() {
      return navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i) && navigator.userAgent.match(/mobile|Mobile/i);
  },
  BlackBerry: function() {
      return navigator.userAgent.match(/BlackBerry/i)|| navigator.userAgent.match(/BB10; Touch/);
  },
  iOS: function() {
      return navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone|iPod/i);
  },
  Opera: function() {
      return navigator.userAgent.match(/Opera Mini/i);
  },
  Windows: function() {
      return navigator.userAgent.match(/IEMobile/i) || navigator.userAgent.match(/webOS/i) ;
  },
  any: function() {
      return (isMobile.Android() || isMobile.BlackBerry() || isMobile.iOS() || isMobile.Opera() || isMobile.Windows());
  }
};      
 return isMobile.any()
}

Answer 40

Adding:

In some versions of iOS 9.x, Safari does not present the "iPhone" in navigator.userAgent, but show it in navigator.platform.

var isMobile = /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
    if(!isMobile){
        isMobile=/iPhone|iPad|iPod/i.test(navigator.platform);
    }

Answer 41

User agent strings should not be trusted alone. Solution below will work in all situations.

function isMobile(a) {
  return (/(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|mobile.+firefox|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows ce|xda|xiino/i.test(a) || /1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-/i.test(a.substr(0, 4)));
}

and call this function:

isMobile(navigator.userAgent || navigator.vendor || window.opera)

Answer 42

Depending on what for you want to detect mobile (meaning this suggestion won't suit everyone's needs), you might be able to achieve a distinction by looking at the onmouseenter-to-onclick millisecond difference, like I described in this answer.

Answer 43

I use this solution and it works fine on all devices:

if (typeof window.orientation !== "undefined" || navigator.userAgent.indexOf('IEMobile') !== -1) {
   //is_mobile
}

Answer 44

You could do simple thing very simple like this

(window.screen.width < 700) {
    //The device is a Mobile
} else {
    //The device is a Desktop
}

Answer 45

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/prop_nav_useragent.asp

Filter by platform name.

Ex:

x = $( window ).width();

platform = navigator.platform;

alert(platform);

if ( (platform != Ipad) || (x < 768) )  {


} 

^^

Answer 46

Checkout http://detectmobilebrowsers.com/ which provides you script for detecting mobile device in variety of languages including

JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, JSP, Perl, Python, ASP, C#, ColdFusion and many more

Answer 47

If by a mobile device you understand a touchable one, then you can determine it by checking existence of touch handlers:

let deviceType = (('ontouchstart' in window)
                 || (navigator.maxTouchPoints > 0)
                 || (navigator.msMaxTouchPoints > 0)
                 ) ? 'touchable' : 'desktop';

jQuery is not needed for it.

Answer 48

Here is one more suggestion implemented with pure JavaScript (es6)

const detectDeviceType = () =>
    /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry|IEMobile|Opera Mini/i.test(navigator.userAgent)
        ? 'Mobile'
        : 'Desktop';

detectDeviceType();

Answer 49

Utilized previously mentioned sequielo solution and added the function for width/height check (to avoid screen rotation mistake). For selecting min/max borders for mobile viewport, I use this resource https://www.mydevice.io/#compare-devices

function isMobile() {
    try{ document.createEvent("TouchEvent"); return true; }
    catch(e){ return false; }
}

function deviceType() {
    var width = Math.max(document.documentElement.clientWidth, window.innerWidth || 0);
    var height = Math.max(document.documentElement.clientHeight, window.innerHeight || 0),screenType;
    if (isMobile()){
        if ((width <= 650 && height <= 900) || (width <= 900 && height <= 650))
            screenType = "Mobile Phone";
        else
            screenType = "Tablet";
    }
    else
        screenType = "Desktop";
  return screenType;
}

Answer 50

An ES6 solution that uses several detection techniques within a try/catch block

The function consists of creating a "TouchEvent", seeking support for the "ontouchstart" event or even making a query to the mediaQueryList object.

Purposely, some queries that fail will throw a new error because as we are in a try/catch block we can use it as a fall back to consult the user agent.

I have no usage tests and in many cases it can fail as well as point out false positives.

It should not be used for any kind of real validation but, in a general scope for analysis and statistics where the volume of data can "forgive" the lack of precision, it may still be useful.

const isMobile = ((dc, wd) => {
    // get browser "User-Agent" or vendor ... see "opera" property in `window`
    let ua = wd.userAgent || wd.navigator.vendor || wd.opera;
    try {
        /**
         * Creating a touch event ... in modern browsers with touch screens or emulators (but not mobile) does not cause errors.
         * Otherwise, it will create a `DOMException` instance
         */
        dc.createEvent("TouchEvent");

        // check touchStart event
        (('ontouchstart' in wd) || ('ontouchstart' in dc.documentElement) || wd.DocumentTouch && wd.document instanceof DocumentTouch || wd.navigator.maxTouchPoints || wd.navigator.msMaxTouchPoints) ? void(0) : new Error('failed check "ontouchstart" event');

        // check `mediaQueryList` ... pass as modern browsers
        let mQ = wd.matchMedia && matchMedia("(pointer: coarse)");
        // if no have, throw error to use "User-Agent" sniffing test
        if ( !mQ || mQ.media !== "(pointer: coarse)" || !mQ.matches ) {
            throw new Error('failed test `mediaQueryList`');
        }

        // if there are no failures the possibility of the device being mobile is great (but not guaranteed)
        return true;
    } catch(ex) {
        // fall back to User-Agent sniffing
        return /(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|mobile.+firefox|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows ce|xda|xiino/i.test(ua) || /1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-/i.test(ua.substr(0,4));
    }
})(document, window);


// to show result
let container = document.getElementById('result');

container.textContent = isMobile ? 'Yes, your device appears to be mobile' : 'No, your device does not appear to be mobile';

<p id="result"></p>

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The regex used to test the user agent is a little old and was available on the website http://mobiledetect.com which is no longer in operation.

Maybe there is a better pattern but, I don't know.

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Fonts:

• TouchEvent: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TouchEvent
• ontouchstart: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GlobalEventHandlers/ontouchstart
• mediaQueryList: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaQueryList

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PS:

As there is no way to identify with 100% accuracy neither by checking features, nor by examining the user agent string with regular expressions. The code snippet above should be seen only as: "one more example for this issue", as well as: "not recommended for use in production".

Answer 51

var device = {
  detect: function(key) {
    if(this['_'+key] === undefined) {
      this['_'+key] = navigator.userAgent.match(new RegExp(key, 'i'));
    }
    return this['_'+key];
  },
  iDevice: function() {
    return this.detect('iPhone') || this.detect('iPod');
  },
  android: function() {
    return this.detect('Android');
  },
  webOS: function() {
    return this.detect('webOS');
  },
  mobile: function() {
    return this.iDevice() || this.android() || this.webOS();
  }
};

I've used something like this in the past. This is similar to a previous response, but it's technically more performant in that it caches the result of the match, especially if the detection is being used in an animation, scroll event, or the like.

Answer 52

These are all of the vaules I am aware of. Please help udating the array if you know of any other values.

function ismobile(){
   if(/android|webos|iphone|ipad|ipod|blackberry|opera mini|Windows Phone|iemobile|WPDesktop|XBLWP7/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase())) {
       return true;
   }
   else
    return false;
}

Answer 53

Ya'll are doing way too much work.

if (window.screen.availWidth <= 425) {
   // do something
}

You can do this on page load through JS. No need to write long string lists to try and catch everything. Whoops, you missed one! Then you have to go back and change it/add it. The more popular phone sizes are about 425 in width or less (in portrait mode), tablets are around 700 ish and anything bigger is likely a laptop, desktop, or other larger device. If you need mobile landscape mode, maybe you should be working in Swift or Android studio and not traditional web coding.

Side note: This may not have been an available solution when it was posted but it works now.

Answer 54

This is what I do:

function checkMobile() {
  var os = GetOS();
  if (os == "Android OS" || os == "iOS") {
     // do what you wanna do
     return true
  }
}

and to redirect I add location.href="mobile.website.com" and then add this body tag

<body onload="checkMobile()"></body>

Answer 55

I do this for my .NET applications.

In my shared _Layout.cshtml Page, I add this.

@{
    var isMobileDevice = HttpContext.Current.Request.Browser.IsMobileDevice;
}

<html lang="en" class="@((isMobileDevice)?"ismobiledevice":"")">

Then to check on any page in your site (jQuery):

<script>
var isMobile = $('html').hasClass('ismobiledevice');
</script>

Answer 56

Just copy the following function and it returns a boolean value. its regex is looks like the marked answer but it is has some difference:

const isMobile = () =>
  /(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|ipad|iris|kindle|Android|Silk|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series([46])0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino/i.test(
    navigator.userAgent
  ) ||
  /1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br([ev])w|bumb|bw-([nu])|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc-s|devi|dica|dmob|do([cp])o|ds(12|-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly([-_])|g1 u|g560|gene|gf-5|g-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd-([mpt])|hei-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs-c|ht(c([- _agpst])|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac([ \-/])|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja([tv])a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt([ /])|klon|kpt |kwc-|kyo([ck])|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/([klu])|50|54|-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m-cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t([- ov])|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30([02])|n50([025])|n7(0([01])|10)|ne(([cm])-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok([6i])|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan([adt])|pdxg|pg(13|-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt-g|qa-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|-[2-7]|i-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h-|oo|p-)|sdk\/|se(c([-01])|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh-|shar|sie([-m])|sk-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h-|v-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl-|tdg-|tel([im])|tim-|t-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m-|m3|m5)|tx-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c([- ])|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas-|your|zeto|zte-/i.test(
    navigator.userAgent.substr(0, 4)
  );

Answer 57

If you want to test the user agent, the correct way is to, test the user agent, i.e. test navigator.userAgent.

If the user fakes this they are not due concern. If you test.isUnix() you should not subsequently have to worry if the system is Unix.

As a user changing userAgent is also fine, but you don't expect sites to render properly if you do.

If you wish to provide support for Microsoft browsers you should ensure the first few characters of the content includes and test every page you write.

Bottom line... Always code to the standards. Then hack it until it works in the current version of IE & don't expect it to look good. That's what GitHub does, and they just got given 100 million bucks.

Answer 58

Use this

if( screen.width <= 480 ) { 
    // is mobile 
}

Answer 59

Crude, but sufficient for restricting loading larger resources such as video files on phones vs tablet/desktop - simply look for small width or height to cover both orientations. Obviously, if the desktop browser has been resized the below could erroneously detect a phone, but that's fine / close enough for my use case.

Why 480, bcs that's what looks about right based on the info I've found re phone device dimensions.

if(document.body.clientWidth < 480 || document.body.clientHeight < 480) {
  //this is a mobile device
}