Hello,
I have build a website and would like to build the web application for it as it has some flash content which is not supported by Apple. When the user access it from a device(mobile phone or ipad) I would like the user to be directed to that web Application instead.
My question is what can I use to build the application?
Sorry if my question is a bit stupid to you, I am new to web applications.
Jump to PostSo if you wan to redirect the user based on the user-agent (broswer), one option is to detect the browser version and display the appropriate content to the user or redirect the user to another page.
So if you wan to redirect the user based on the user-agent (broswer), one option is to detect the browser version and display the appropriate content to the user or redirect the user to another page.
Take a look at this resource: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/detect.html
Apple devices have unique user agents, all with their device name within it. For example, an iPhone 5 may have a user agent of Apple-iPhone5C2 (which, by the way, will be most USA-based iPhone 5 users). This can be taken advantage in detecting whether a visitor is using an Apple device. The following script will do just that:
<script>
//<![CDATA[
iosReg = '/apple-[ipod|iphone|ipad]/i';
if (navigator.userAgent.search (iosReg))
{
// What do you want to do with the Apple device?
}
//]]>
</script>
Fortunately (or unfortunately, in this case) I am an Android user so I cannot test the validity of my RegEx pattern. But it should be fine.
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