MobileDetect
mobile_detect is a lightweight gem for detecting mobile devices. It uses the user-agent string combined with specific HTTP headers to detect the mobile environment.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'mobile_detect'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install mobile_detect
Usage
detect = MobileDetect.new(request.user_agent, request.headers)
you can run that without second argument, but then gem cannot get device from client headers
detect.tablet?
=> true
detect.mobile?
=> false
detect.device
=> "iPad"
detect.os
=> "iOS"
Bot detection
detect.bot?
=> true
detect.bot
=> 'Google'
Contributing
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create new Pull Request