isAndroid

isAndroid is a utility function that detects whether the current device is running Android.

Notes:

• All Android browsers include the token "Android" in the user agent.

Interface

function isAndroid(userAgent: string): boolean;

Parameters

• userAgentstring
  

  Optional user agent string to check. Defaults to navigator.userAgent.

Return Value

• boolean
  

  if the device is running Android, false otherwise. Returns false on server

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Example

if (isAndroid()) {
  // Android-specific code
  enableAndroidOptimizations();
}

// With custom user agent
const isAndroidDevice = isAndroid(
  'Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 12; Pixel 6) Chrome/120'
);