localDevice Object Reference

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Exported identifiers
  • localDevice
• localDevice properties
  • isAndroid
  • isIE
  • isLocalhost
  • isNative
  • isTouch
  • isWebApp
  • missing
  • platform

Introduction

The localDevice object provides properties about the platform that the app is executing on.

Exported identifiers

localDevice

Syntax

import {localDevice} from 'common/mvcs/export.js';

localDevice properties

isAndroid

True if the app is running on an Android device.

Value

A Boolean.

isIE

True if the app is running in an Internet Explorer browser.

Value

A Boolean.

isLocalhost

True if the app is running in a browser from local (localhost) server.

Value

A Boolean.

isNative

True if the app is running in Cordova as a native iOS or Android app.

Value

A Boolean.

isTouch

True if the app is running on a mobile device with a touch interface instead of a mouse or trackpad.

Value

A Boolean.

isWebApp

True if the app is running in a browser.

Value

A Boolean.

missing

A string containing important missing features in the app environment. The features are separated by '+'. The possible features are:

• es6
  If included, es6 indicates that some important JavaScipt ES6 (ES2015) features are missing. ES6 is a required capability.
• fetch
  If included, fetch indicates that the fatch function is missing. fetch is a required capability.
• speechRec
  If included, speechRec indicates that the speech recognition is missing.
• speechSyn
  If included, speechSyn indicates that the speech synthesis is missing.
• svcWkr
  If included, svcWkr indicates that the Service Workers are missing.

Value

A string.

platform

A string indicating the current platform. The possible strings are:

• Android
  An Android mobile device.
• Blackberry
  A Blackberry mobile device.
• desktop
  A desktop or laptop computer.
• iPad
  An iPad mobile device.
• iPhone
  An iPhone mobile device.
• Symbian
  A Symbian mobile device.
• WinPhone
  A Windows phone mobile device.

Value

A string.