Request.Browser.IsMobileDevice & Tablet Devices

Hi,

The problem with Request.Browser.IsMobileDevice is that it will classify a tablet as a mobile device.

If you need to discern between mobile, tablet and desktop. Then use the following extension method.

public static class HttpBrowserCapabilitiesBaseExtensions
{
 public static bool IsMobileNotTablet(this HttpBrowserCapabilitiesBase browser)
 {
  var userAgent = browser.Capabilities[""].ToString();
  var r = new Regex("ipad|(android(?!.*mobile))|xoom|sch-i800|playbook|tablet|kindle|nexus|silk", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
  var isTablet = r.IsMatch(userAgent) && browser.IsMobileDevice;
  return !isTablet && browser.IsMobileDevice;
 }
}

 

Then to use it is easy. Just import the namespace and reference the method.

using Web.Public.Helpers;
...
if (Request.Browser.IsMobileNotTablet() && !User.IsSubscribed)
....

 

 

 

 

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