Android Tablet Identified As Desktop

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JefferyD
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Android Tablet Identified As Desktop

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I am trying to add device specific logic using the GetContext service, and it's working for both Chrome on my desktop and the Android app on my phone, but the Android app via my tablet is coming back as "Desktop". Is there a reliable way to know if a mobile device or the app is being used?

When I use the GetHttpData service, I see the different user agents and, seemingly in situations where the Android app is used, "x-requested-with" with a value of "com.krisesystems.easyprocess". Would any of this be consistent enough to parse and reliably determine if the user is using a mobile device/app or not?

Android Phone App

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Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; SM-N960U1 Build/QP1A.190711.020; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/99.0.4844.88 Mobile Safari/537.36

Windows Desktop Browser

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Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/99.0.4844.84 Safari/537.36

Android Tablet App

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Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 12; SM-T970 Build/SP1A.210812.016; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/99.0.4844.88 Safari/537.36

Android Tablet Browser

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Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 12; SM-T970) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/100.0.4896.79 Safari/537.36

Android Tablet Browser (Desktop Mode)

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Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/100.0.4896.79 Safari/537.36
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SumanPrasad
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Re: Android Tablet Identified As Desktop

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A task 10355 is created. We will return DeviceType = Tablet in GetContext service.
RWDVisibility will be expanded to support : All, DesktopAndTablet (previously Desktop), Desktop, Tablet, Phone.
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Re: Android Tablet Identified As Desktop

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This change has been implemented as of DesignTime Revision 2352 and RunTime Revision 1018.
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