Kinda. Sure you can block/modify server responses depending on the User Agent. But the User Agent can be easily spoofed. So don't use it a security option. Use it for feeding smaller, more performant web pages to mobiles.
One more thing. There is a difference between the BROWSER and APPS The BROWSER sends a User Agent. The APP sends whatever it wants as User Agent. BR, Adrian Vintu On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Neilz <[email protected]> wrote: > Right, so if someone wanted to stop web responses going to android > apps, they can, without it affecting their usual service? > > Thanks. > > On Jan 12, 10:28 am, Adrian Vintu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sure. You have to use the user agent. > > > > You have something like > > > > Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 1.5; en-us; Galaxy Build/CUPCAKE) > > AppleWebKit/528.5+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.2 Mobile > Safari/525.20.1 > > > > for Android > > > > and something like > > > > Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) > Gecko/20091102 > > Firefox/3.5.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) > > > > from the normal Firefox browser. > > > > BR, > > Adrian Vintu > > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Neilz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > > Could a standard web server identify an HTTP request as coming from a > > > normal browser, as opposed to an Android application? > > > > > What could be different about the request that would enable the server > > > to differentiate between the two, and modify the response accordingly? > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >
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