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| From | Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: detect a phone |
| Date | 2017-08-26 20:42 +0800 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <onrqch$1o95$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <WoqdnVwVzJe7ozzEnZ2dnUU7-YvNnZ2d@westnet.com.au> |
On 26-Aug-17 5:23 PM, Andrew Poulos wrote:
> I've got a situation where it would be beneficial to know if the js is
> running on a phone and I thought "instead of parsing navigator.userAgent
> why not just check for the window screen size?"
>
> Currently no phone's viewport is larger than 600, in both width and
> height, so for the time being would something like
>
> var isPhone = (window.screen.width < 600 || window.screen.height < 600)
> && ("ontouchstart" in window);
>
> be a "safe" way test?
>
> Andrew Poulos
What are you trying to do/establish?
Media queries or make a phone call?
try {
xCom = true;
window.location.href='tel:'+serverParams.phoneC;
} catch (evt) {console.log("e is "+evt); xCom = false;}
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detect a phone Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-26 19:23 +1000
Re: detect a phone "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-08-26 11:44 +0200
Re: detect a phone Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-27 00:09 +1000
Re: detect a phone "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-08-26 20:02 +0200
Re: detect a phone Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-26 20:42 +0800
Re: detect a phone "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-08-26 09:40 -0700
Re: detect a phone Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-27 08:48 +1000
Re: detect a phone "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2017-08-26 16:31 -0700
Re: detect a phone Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-08-27 03:35 +0200
Re: detect a phone JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2017-08-27 00:03 +0700
Re: detect a phone Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-27 08:21 +1000
Re: detect a phone Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-08-27 04:00 +0200
Re: detect a phone Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2017-08-27 18:13 +1000
Re: detect a phone Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-08-27 15:15 +0200
Re: detect a phone Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-08-27 11:30 -0500
Re: detect a phone Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-08-27 03:33 +0200
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