Detecting iOS

Detecting iOS

I am not a fan of User Agent sniffing, but here is how you would do it:

var iOS = /iPad|iPhone|iPod/.test(navigator.platform);

Another way, relying on the

userAgent

:

var iOS = /iPad|iPhone|iPod/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !window.MSStream;

iOS

will be either

true

or

false

Why not MSStream

Microsoft injected the word iPhone in IE11's

userAgent

in order to try and fool Gmail somehow. Therefore we need to exclude it. More info about this here and here.

Below is IE11's updated

userAgent

(Internet Explorer for Windows Phone 8.1 Update):