Question

I’m working on a mobile app using jQuery Mobile and I would like to check if I’m on iOS5, cause it has some great features, like true fixed toolbars, etc. I’m looking for a javascript solution.

Answer 1

This works for me with a bit of string manipulation of the user-agent.

var ua = navigator.userAgent;
var detail = ua.split('(')[1];
var device = detail.split(';')[0];
if (device == 'iPhone' || device == 'iPod' || device == 'iPad') {
    var ios = detail.split(' ')[5].split('_')[0];
    if (ios == '5') {
        alert('ios 5');
    }
}