ASP.NET Mobile Detection

Question

User-880412325 posted

Hello

I am looking for an ASP.NET component/module which will help to detect mobile requesting website. I want to detect the request source, if it is coming from mobile i want to redirect user to mobile optimized web pages rather than standard website pages.

Can you please let me know whether any component/modules are available which can be used directly

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

User214117797 posted

I am looking for an ASP.NET component/module which will help to detect mobile requesting website. I want to detect the request source, if it is coming from mobile i want to redirect user to mobile optimized web pages rather than standard website pages.

 

 

The standard ASP.NET framework will identify the users browser as whether mobile or not.

Simply interrogate the IsMobileDevice property

Request.Browser.IsMobileDevice

 

Answer 2

User1943143334 posted

Hi,

You need a MDBF file to detect whether the requesting source is from Mobile device or not.

 Check the following link,

http://mdbf.codeplex.com

NOTE: The MDBF file will not be available from OCT 29, 2010. Download before that for sure.

The above link contains a mobile.browser file, which contains almost all Mobile devices, but they are removing those in another 10 days.

So if you want latest files, Check the following link.

http://roopeshreddy.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/latest-browser-configuration-files/

 

Hope it helps u...

 

Answer 3

User1135281112 posted

Hello

Instead of MDBF use http://51degrees.codeplex.com. Below is the sample web.config how easily you can configure multiple redirection based on MobileDeviceManufacturer property. You can use other WURFL properties to make your own custom rule for redirection. 

<fiftyOne>
    <redirect firstRequestOnly="true"
              mobileHomePageUrl="~/Mobile/Default.aspx"
              timeout="20" 
              devicesFile="~/App_Data/Devices.dat" 
              mobilePagesRegex="/(Apple|RIM|Nokia|Mobile)/">

      <locations>

        <location url="~/Apple/Default.aspx">

<add property="MobileDeviceManufacturer" matchExpression="Apple"/>

        </location>

        <location url="~/RIM/Default.aspx">

<add property="MobileDeviceManufacturer" matchExpression="RIM"/>

        </location>

        <location url="~/Nokia/Default.aspx">

<add property="MobileDeviceManufacturer" matchExpression="Nokia"/>

        </location>

      </locations>

   </redirect>

    </fiftyOne>

 

Answer 4

User-880412325 posted

Thanks, works good.