Simple javascript mobile OS detector

I’ve searched the web for a simple way to detect all the different mobile devices ( iphones, andriod, etc..) with javascript but couldn’t find anything decent.

This is what i’ve come up with and has worked for me

/*
 * 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
			
	}
});	

Let me know if you find any issues or have enhancements

Justin Kelly

Justin Kelly

Data Engineeer, Business Analytics, Web Developer, Library Technology specialising in PHP and Tableau

Based in Melbourne, Australia

Feel free to contact me justin@kelly.org.au or _justin_kelly