Operating System Detection

Objective of this OS detection code

The objective of this code is to detect the Operating System of the device.

Lists of supported OS

OS	OS Platform
Windows	Win32 Win64 Windows WinCE
MacOS	Macintosh MacIntel MacPPC Mac68K
iOS	iPhone iPad iPod

Sample Code

getOS Code

function getOS() {
	var userAgent = window.navigator.userAgent, platform = window.navigator.platform, macosPlatforms = [
			'Macintosh', 'MacIntel', 'MacPPC', 'Mac68K' ], windowsPlatforms = [
			'Win32', 'Win64', 'Windows', 'WinCE' ], iosPlatforms = [
			'iPhone', 'iPad', 'iPod' ], os = null;

	if (macosPlatforms.indexOf(platform) !== -1) {
		os = 'Mac OS';
	} else if (iosPlatforms.indexOf(platform) !== -1) {
		os = 'iOS';
	} else if (windowsPlatforms.indexOf(platform) !== -1) {
		os = 'Windows';
	} else if (/Android/.test(userAgent)) {
		os = 'Android';
	} else if (!os && /Linux/.test(platform)) {
		os = 'Linux';
	}

	return os;
}

Sample Code File

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getOs.txt