How to detect Android version and brand via webkit browser and is it reliable?
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How to detect Android version and brand via webkit browser and is it reliable?
I believe you could check for the user agent.
However, I don’t think it’s safe since there are many method that one can use to spoof the user agent.
Searching Google on that issue gives us lots of answers on that. It works even on the default browser… you just type “
about:debug” as address, and then a debug optionUAStringcomes up in the settings, allowing you to change that to iPhone and other stuff.Of course, with a proper 3rd party app, I’d guess the sky is the limit.
*edit: my Nexus S shows this as of now: