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JavaScript

Grant Bates
Grant Bates
1,915 Points
Posted by Grant Bates
Grant Bates
1,915 Points

Looking to create a link that will recognize device and send to the proper app store.

I have been searching around the web for a simple and lightweight piece of code that will recognize the device being used and send the user to the proper app store.

I feel like this is a pretty common bit of coding but for the life of me I can't find a tutorial. Any help would be appreciated.

I would prefer to just use HTML5 and CSS if possible but a little javascript would kill me. (I don't know much about scripting.)

If you don't have the answer but know where I might find one please share.

Thank you.

So far I have this going for me...

var ua = navigator.userAgent; 

if (ua.indexOf("Android")>-1) {
  // generate play store link
} else if (ua.indexOf("iPad")>-1 || ua.indexOf("iPhone")>-1) {
  // generate ios link
} else if (ua.indexOf("Windows Phone")>-1) {
  // generate windows store link
}

But I don't know how to incorporate with the HTML

1 Answer

xyraine
xyraine
1,669 Points
xyraine
xyraine
1,669 Points

Hi Grant,

You might be interested in reading more into to filtering user agents. The best way would have to be through JS. I would do a search for "How to detect user agent using javascript".

I'm not an expert yet but I hope this helps! Ryan

Grant Bates
Grant Bates
1,915 Points
Grant Bates
Grant Bates
1,915 Points

Thanks. I am finding lots of references to identify the device but not a lot on what to do after the fact.