Make an think the device is not a mobile phone (even if it is)</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2017-10-22T14:05:43.080" class="fromnow">Oct 22 '17 at 14:05</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2017-10-22T14:34:42.253" datetime="2017-10-22T14:34:42.253">Oct 22 '17 at 14:34</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 1,334 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 1,334 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="46874967" data-ownerid="1422096" data-score="0"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="46874967"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value=""></div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>As <a href="../../questions/39625513/soundcloud-embedded-player-on-mobile">discussed here</a> the user experience of the Soundcloud embedded player is really poor on mobile devices (for those who don't have or don't want the app), because it requires a) a very precise tap with finger on the small "Listen in browser" b) one more tap to pause because autoplay doesn't work correctly on some devices, c) one tap to play:</p> <p><img src="../../images/3823504535.webp" width="200"/></p> <p>Question: is there a way to make a page loaded inside an <code><iframe></code> "think" the device is not a mobile phone? </p> <p>I'm looking for a technique that doesn't require to install a browser add-on to fake the user agent, because I can't ask every visitor of my website to install such a browser extension.</p> <p>Is there a solution like this:</p> <pre><code><html> <body> <script> // Fake user agent for the next iframe // No no, we're not on a mobile device ;) </script> <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/271188615&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false"></iframe> </body> </html> </code></pre></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/javascript" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'javascript'" rel="tag">javascript</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/html" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'html'" rel="tag">html</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/iframe" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'iframe'" rel="tag">iframe</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/responsive-design" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'responsive-design'" rel="tag">responsive-design</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked Oct 22 '17 at 14:05">asked Oct 22 '17 at 14:05</time> <a href="../../users/1422096/basj" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/1422096.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Basj" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/1422096/basj" class="s-user-card--link">Basj</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">41,386</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="99 gold badges">99</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="383 silver badges">383</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="673 bronze badges">673</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-46874967" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="46874967" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-80697261" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="80697261" data-comment-owner-id="4573410" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment80697261_46874967"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Have you looked into whether SoundCloud offers a "desktop version" that you can toggle from your mobile device? If they do, you could compare the URLs of the mobile version vs. forced-desktop version and figure out what parameters are needed to trigger the latter. (For example, Facebook has a URL parameter called `?m2w` - mobile to web - which triggers the desktop site on mobile.)</span> – <a href="../../users/4573410/jon-uleis" title="17,693 reputation" class="comment-user ">Jon Uleis</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/46874967/make-an-iframe-think-the-device-is-not-a-mobile-phone-even-if-it-is#comment80697261_46874967"><span title="2017-10-22T14:23:59.960 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Oct 22 '17 at 14:23</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-80697434" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="80697434" data-comment-owner-id="1422096" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment80697434_46874967"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">@JonUleis i haven't found a desktop only version</span> – <a href="../../users/1422096/basj" title="41,386 reputation" class="comment-user owner">Basj</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/46874967/make-an-iframe-think-the-device-is-not-a-mobile-phone-even-if-it-is#comment80697434_46874967"><span title="2017-10-22T14:31:27.240 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Oct 22 '17 at 14:31</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="46875292"></a> <div id="answer-46875292" class="answer " data-answerid="46875292" data-ownerid="8809486" data-score="0" itemprop="suggestedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="46875292"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>This question was answered on 2 different occasions already. 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