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="phonegap.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.