Question

I want to target an ipad device in javascript. I know it is possible to do this with user agent string parsing. But this is easy to fake.

I also read that it’s better to do a functionality test. like if(window.matchMedia) rather than if (userAgent.indexOf('ipad')) but still some functions exist in new browsers.

Is there anything that returns the word ipad in the browser ? thank you.

Answer 1

Yes, prior to it’s deprecation, navigator.platform could have done the job:

if( navigator.platform === 'iPad' ){

    // console.log('ipad')

}

Refer to https://stackoverflow.com/a/9039885/1029952 for more solutions