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JavaScript

Carlos Ortega
Carlos Ortega
3,092 Points
Posted by Carlos Ortega
Carlos Ortega
3,092 Points

Disabling a Certain JS script on Mobile Devices

I'm using an animation script on one of my projects but want to disable it on mobile and devices (iPhone, iPad, Android etc.) I'm fairly new to javascript. I found a "Detect Mobile Browsers.js" but have no idea on how to implement it or use it. Can someone please explain?

2 Answers

Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

I use something like this in one of my JS libraries:

function isMobile() {
   return /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry|IEMobile|Opera Mini/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
}

So, adding that function to your JavaScript file, you could do this:

if (!isMobile()) {
   // do the animation
}
Carlos Ortega
Carlos Ortega
3,092 Points
Carlos Ortega
Carlos Ortega
3,092 Points

I will Try this! Thank You so much Dino