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Get the device's operating system name.
var string = device.platform;
// Depending on the device, a few examples are: // - "Android" // - "BlackBerry" // - "iPhone" // - "webOS" // - "WinCE" var devicePlatform = device.platform;
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Device Properties Example</title>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova-1.5.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
// Wait for PhoneGap to load
//
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
// PhoneGap is ready
//
function onDeviceReady() {
var element = document.getElementById('deviceProperties');
element.innerHTML = 'Device Name: ' + device.name + '<br />' +
'Device PhoneGap: ' + device.phonegap + '<br />' +
'Device Platform: ' + device.platform + '<br />' +
'Device UUID: ' + device.uuid + '<br />' +
'Device Version: ' + device.version + '<br />';
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p id="deviceProperties">Loading device properties...</p>
</body>
</html>
All devices return iPhone as the platform. This is inaccurate because Apple has rebranded the iPhone operating system as iOS.
Devices may return the device platform version instead of the platform name. For example, the Storm2 9550 would return ‘2.13.0.95’ or similar.