Way to check Mobile or Desktop browser

Questions
#1

Is there a way to check the game is running in a mobile or desktop browser. I am working on a platformer game and I need to show on-screen controls if that game is running in mobile browsers.

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Can you refuse access for a platform/device?
#2

Yes!

#3

thanks, i checked sys info “system_name” parameter returns “HTML5” for both mobile and desktop browsers. is there any other flag i need to check to detect the game is running on mobile browsers ?

#4

Have you checked “sys.get_sys_info().user_agent” ?

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#5

just checked user_agent, I think it has enough data to detect mobile browsers. Thanks, Mathias, totebo.

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#6

(I am writing in this thread as it is easily searchable)

I ported the device.js module to Lua and we use it in our games to detect the platform on which the HTML5 game is running. The module uses sys.get_sys_info().user_agent to identify the device type mobile, tablet, desktop and some other data.

Usage:

local device = require("device")

if device.type == "mobile" then
     -- do something!
end

-- Access these properties on the device object:
-- device.type: 'mobile', 'tablet', 'desktop', or 'unknown'
-- device.orientation: 'landscape', 'portrait', or 'unknown'
-- device.os: 'ios', 'iphone', 'ipad', 'ipod', 'android', 'blackberry', 'windows', 'macos', 'fxos', 'meego', 'television', or 'unknown'

-- Plus the module is able to detect the current screen orientation
-- in its own way and for this you can set a listener 
-- via device.on_change_orientation and call device.handle_orientation() 
-- via timer.delay.

device.on_change_orientation(function(new_orientation)
    print("New orientation", new_orientation)
end)
timer.delay(1, true, device.handle_orientation)
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