Does XF know when access is Mobile?

[Steve Freides]

I was wondering if it's possible to know when a user is accessing our forum from a mobile device.

In particular, I'd like to offer a separate SIG to each user that would be different if on mobile, much like my email replies have the SIG from my phone or tablet.

Thanks.

-S-

 

[rainmotorsports]

I believe there are a couple of detection mechanisms mainly for touch purposes. I think there is an add-on which could be modified for such purposes. It's not a fail-safe way. You can't rely on the browser to tell you or the resolution.

 

[ForestForTrees]

For our wiki, we've used the following code to scan "$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']" to detect mobile devices:
https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-MobileDetect/blob/master/MobileDetect.body.php

It also can tell you what type of mobile device it is.

Obviously, the code is for Mediawiki, not XF, so you would have to adapt it.