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  nimeshprabha...

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  HOW to detect mobile web browser ?

  Nov 07, 2008 07:00 AM|LINK

  Hi all,

  i am using Wan HTC Touch with windows 6.0 OS.

  my aim is to find the IPAddress of the mobile, Browser detection and device detection.

  using the code below i managed to display some details. i hosted this in my localmachines IIS
  

  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
          
          string ip=string.Empty;
         
  
          if (Request.Headers["User-Agent"] != null && (Request.Browser["IsMobileDevice"] == "true" || Request.Browser["BlackBerry"] == "true" || Request.UserAgent.ToUpper().Contains("MIDP") || Request.UserAgent.ToUpper().Contains("CLDC")) || Request.UserAgent.ToLower().Contains("iphone"))
          {
                          
              ip = Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
             }
              MobileCapabilities cap = (MobileCapabilities)Request.Browser;
  
             string agent = Request.UserAgent.ToString();
             string def = "User Agent :"+agent+"\nBrowser Type   :   " + cap.Type + "\n"
                         + "MajorVersion  :   " + cap.MajorVersion + "\n"
                         + "MinorVersion  :   " + cap.MinorVersion + "\n"
                         + "Platform      :   " + cap.Platform + "\n"
                         + "Browser       :   " + cap.Browser + "\n"
                         + "Version       :   " + cap.Version + "\n"
                         + "IsBeta ?      :   " + cap.Beta + "\n"
                         + "Is Crawler ?  :   " + cap.Crawler + "\n"
                         + "Is AOL ?      :   " + cap.AOL + "\n"
                         + "Is Win16 ?    :   " + cap.Win16 + "\n"
                         + "Is Win32 ?    :   " + cap.Win32 + "\n"
                         + "Supt Frames ? :   " + cap.Frames + "\n"
                         + "Supt Tables ? :   " + cap.Tables + "\n"
                         + "Supt Cookies ?:   " + cap.Cookies + "\n"
                         + "Supt VBs ?    :   " + cap.VBScript + "\n"
                         //+ "Supt Js ?     :   " + cap.JavaScript + "\n"
                         + "Supt AX Ctrls?:   " + cap.ActiveXControls + "\n"
                         + "ScreenHeight  :   " + cap.ScreenPixelsHeight.ToString() + "\n"
                         + "Screen Width  :   " + cap.ScreenPixelsWidth.ToString() + "\n"
                         + "DeviceManufacturer :" + cap.MobileDeviceManufacturer + "\n"
                         + "DeviceModel   :   " + cap.MobileDeviceModel + "\n"
                         + "IP Address    :   " + ip + "\n";
  
  
  
  
             Label2.Text = def;
  }

  
  when i access it on my device i am getting the output like(using Internet Explorer):

  User Agent :PPC; 240x320; HTC_P3450/1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 7.6) Browser Type : Mozilla MajorVersion : 4 MinorVersion : 0 Platform : WinCE Browser : Mozilla Version : 4.0 IsBeta ? : False Is Crawler ? : False Is AOL ? : False Is Win16 ? : False Is Win32 ? : False Supt Frames ? : False Supt Tables ? : False Supt Cookies ?: False Supt VBs ? : False Supt AX Ctrls?: False ScreenHeight : 320 Screen Width : 240 DeviceManufacturer :Unknown DeviceModel : Unknown IP Address : xx.xx.xx.xx

  but when i try to access it dfrom my emulator, out put is (using Internet Explorer):

  User Agent :Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 6.12) Browser Type : Mozilla MajorVersion : 6 MinorVersion : 0 Platform : WinCE Browser : WinCE Version : 6.0 IsBeta ? : False Is Crawler ? : False Is AOL ? : False Is Win16 ? : False Is Win32 ? : False Supt Frames ? : True Supt Tables ? : True Supt Cookies ?: True Supt VBs ? : False Supt AX Ctrls?: True ScreenHeight : 72 Screen Width : 96 DeviceManufacturer :Unknown DeviceModel : Unknown IP Address : xx.xx.xx.xx

   

  Opera and Mozilla's Browser goves me correct details.

  one more thing i would like to know is that: how can i debug mobile web application in VS 2005 Environment, do u guys have any link or any tutorials available for that... 

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Thanks and Regards
  Nimesh Prabhakar
  
  
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  SKT_01

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  Re: HOW to detect mobile web browser ?

  Nov 07, 2008 11:02 AM|LINK

  Hello,

  the user agents of the images which you use in Microsoft Devivice Emulator are different from those of real devices like your HTC.

  For debugging you can try to attach the debugger to the emulator process with "Attach to process" on the Debug menu.

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  sanketce

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  Re: HOW to detect mobile web browser ?

  Nov 07, 2008 11:02 AM|LINK

  This may help you

  http://blog.abwebsitedesign.com/2008/09/mobile-web-browser-detection-and.html 

  • Marked as answer by Guang-Ming Bian - MSFT on Nov 13, 2008 08:30 AM
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  sameer_khanj...

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  Re: HOW to detect mobile web browser ?

  Nov 08, 2008 08:28 AM|LINK

   http://www.codeproject.com/KB/mobile/All-about-a-mobile-websit.aspx

   http://worldofasp.net/tut/XHTM_L-MP/Basics_of_XHTML-MP_178.aspx

   

   

  
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  davemanjra

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  Re: HOW to detect mobile web browser ?

  Nov 16, 2008 10:52 PM|LINK

  You can use a web service like handsetdetection.com to automate the process for you and keep the handsets updated.
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  amar_j

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  Re: HOW to detect mobile web browser ?

  Aug 09, 2010 05:32 AM|LINK

  You can also use 51degrees.mobi Foundation API which detects all mobile devices. It is a .NET open source available here http://51degrees.codeplex.com/releases.

  It easily detects if the request is coming from any mobile device and redirects user to mobile landing page. It has user friendly samples to try this out.

   

  Thanks

  Amaresh