Detecting iOS Android Operating system

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I ve done some research  and this question has come up  but not in the way I intend   I m building a page for a client that is a QR code landing  which is a place to download an application   So he doesn t have to print out 2 QR codes on a page  I d like to detect the current operating system  Apple Android Other not supported   and modify my elements based on that value   I ve looked at the script  detectmobilebrowsers  and that is just aimed at telling whether or not the user is mobile at all  whereas I would like to figure out what operating system the user is running and suggest the best application version   Other answers I found similar to this question seemed either outdated or unreliable  has no detection for Android tablet browsers   so I m in search of something new   How can I achieve this   Preferably using jQuery - Javascript - PHP in that order

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This issue has already been resolved here : What is the best way to detect a mobile device in jQuery?.

On the accepted answer, they basically test if it's an iPhone, an iPod, an Android device or whatever to return true. Just keep the ones you want for instance if( /Android/i.test(navigator.userAgent) ) { // some code.. } will return true only for Android user-agents.

However, user-agents are not really reliable since they can be changed. The best thing is still to develop something universal for all mobile platforms.

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You can also Achieve this with user agent on php    userAgent   strtolower   SERVER  HTTP USER AGENT      if stripos  userAgent  android       false        amp  amp  stripos  userAgent  mobile       false      header  Location  http   oursite com download yourApp apk     exit

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Using the cordova-device-plugin  you can detect  device platform   will be  Android  for android  and  windows  for windows   Works on device  and when simulating on browser   Here is a toast that will display the device values       window plugins toast showLongTop       Cordova          device cordova     n         Model            device model     n         Platform         device platform     n         UUID               n                          device uuid     n         Version          device version     n         Manufacturer     device manufacturer     n         isVirtual        device isVirtual     n         Serial           device serial

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One can use navigator platform to get the operating system on which browser is installed       function getPlatform        var platform     Win32    Android    iOS        for  var i   0  i  lt  platform length  i              if  navigator platform indexOf platform i    gt - 1                return platform i                    getPlatform

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You also can create Firbase Dynamic links which will work as per your requirement  It supports multiple platforms  This link can be created  manually as well as via programming  You can then embed this link in QR code    If the target app is installed  the link will redirect user to app  If its not installed it will redirect to Play Store App store Any other configured website

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You can test the user agent string          Determine the mobile operating system     This function returns one of  iOS    Android    Windows Phone   or  unknown          returns  String      function getMobileOperatingSystem       var userAgent   navigator userAgent    navigator vendor    window opera            Windows Phone must come first because its UA also contains  Android      if   windows phone i test userAgent             return  Windows Phone              if   android i test userAgent             return  Android                 iOS detection from  http   stackoverflow com a 9039885 177710     if   iPad iPhone iPod  test userAgent   amp  amp   window MSStream            return  iOS              return  unknown

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If you re using React Js for your website  use https   www npmjs com package react-device-detect

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For this and other kind of client detections I suggest this js library  http   hictech github io navJs tester index html  For your specific answer use   navJS isIOS      navJS isAndroid

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Solution 1  User Agent Sniffing  For Android and iPhone   if   Android webOS iPhone iPad iPod Opera Mini i test navigator userAgent          run your code here     If you wanna detect all mobile devices including blackberry and Windows phone then you can use this comprehensive version   var deviceIsMobile   false    At the beginning we set this flag as false  If we can detect the device is a mobile device in the next line  then we set it as true    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         deviceIsMobile   true     if deviceIsMobile          run your code here     Cons   User agent strings are changing and getting updated as new phones and brands are coming day by day  So you need to keep this list updated if you wanna support all mobile devices   Solution 2  mobile detect JS library  You can use the mobile detect JS library to do this   Cons  These JavaScript-based device detection features may ONLY work for the newest generation of smartphones  such as the iPhone  Android and Palm WebOS devices  These device detection features may NOT work for older smartphones which had poor support for JavaScript  including older BlackBerry  PalmOS  and Windows Mobile devices

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