Discovering Browser Type

Question

User-2007211659 posted

Hi all, I'm fairly new to mobile web development.

I was just wondering if it's at all possible to have a normal ASP.NET site that would have a mobile counterpart with an entry page that would just be code determining whether the user was using a normal browser, or some type of mobile device so the page could then redirect them to the respective correct page.

Sound doable?  If so, can anyone please provide a code example?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

User-1573490007 posted
Of course. If you have a page without UI, that within the Page Load, has something along the line of (pseudo-code) if( Request.browser.IsMobileDevice) { Response.Redirect(somepage);} else { Response.Redirect(SomeOtherPage);}

That should do it. However only mobile devices recognised as such will return true on the mobile device check, so if you encounter devices that are treated as normal browsers by that snippet, you'll have to note down their browser agents or something and add new browser definitions to your web site.

Answer 2

User-2007211659 posted
Awesome!  Thanks so much for the prompt reply.  I couldn't find anything addressing this type of functionality anywhere.