Dashcode Distinguish Between iPad and iPhone Browser

Question

I am trying to figure out how to get a Dashcode web application to distinguish between an iPhone browser and iPad browser. A working example of this is the Apple iPad User Guide. An iPad will display a slick dashcode built interface. The iPhone gets redirected to a web page.

I found some help in the Howto force DashCode question.

I am editing the redirector.js file. The following forces the iPad to use the Safari layout built by Dashcode instead of Mobile Safari, which is what I want. When it is browsed to from an iPhone, it returns a file not found error.

// redirect to the more appropriate product
if (DCProductURLs["mobileweb"] && DCshowiPhone) {
    // Changed case so that the Safari layout is displayed on iPad
    // window.location.href = DCProductURLs["mobileweb"];
    window.location.href = DCProductURLs["desktop"];
}

Thanks for any suggestions.

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 17 '10 at 20:05

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Test window.navigator.userAgent. It will include iPad on an iPad or iPod on an iPod touch.

var oniPad = /iPad/.test(window.navigator.userAgent);

answered Dec 17 '10 at 20:05

ughoavgfhw

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Hey. Thank you for this. I ultimately ended up using something a little different, but your answer put me on the right track. Part of my problem was mixing up my Objective-C and Javascript. Doh! – DenVog Dec 17 '10 at 20:56

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '10 at 20:59

I ultimately ended up using some code based on this post at ScottRockers blog. Thanks to ughoavgfhw for putting me on the right track.

if ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf('iPad') != -1)) {
    window.location.href = DCProductURLs["desktop"];
}

if ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf('iPhone') != -1) || (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('iPod') != -1)) {
    window.location.href = DCProductURLs["mobileweb"];
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 30 '12 at 18:37

I modify my redirector.js file and is doing exactly what you want, maybe is not the best way to do that but it is working, here is my code I hope that works for you:

var DCProductURLs = {
    "mobileweb": "../mobile", 
    "desktop": "../safari"
};

var DCshowiPhone = RegExp(" AppleWebKit/").test(navigator.userAgent) && RegExp(" Mobile/").test(navigator.userAgent);

var DCqs = window.location.search.substring(1);
if ((DCshowiPhone && DCqs.length > 0)||screen.width>1000) {
    var components = DCqs.split("&");
    for (var f = 0; f < components.length; f++) {
        if (components[f] == "p=desktop") {
            DCshowiPhone = false;
            break;
        }
    }
}

// redirect to the more appropriate product
//var device= 
if (DCProductURLs["mobileweb"] && DCshowiPhone && screen.width<=960) {
    window.location.href = DCProductURLs["mobileweb"];
}

Dashcode Distinguish Between iPad and iPhone Browser

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