On 12/12/2011 17:52, Jerry Malcolm wrote:
> What is the best/recommended way to determine if the request is coming from
> a mobile device?  I have an alternate layout that I want to use for pages
> going to a smart phone, etc.  I know there is client/browser info in the
> request.  But it's more browser-specific info.  Is there one specific
> string or something that I can look for that will catch all smart phones,
> etc?

Have a look at: request.getHeader("User-agent")

You'll find that user agent strings are widely varied.  This isn't a
problem unique to mobile devices...


> Recommendations?

There's a few techniques, but they're all compromises & somewhat out of
scope for this mailing list...


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