[android-developers] Re: user agent of the device ..

If you're using a WebView, the answer is yes.

WebView webview = ...;
WebSettings settings = webview.getSettings();
String uastring = settings.getUserAgentString();

I don't know of a way to ask the Browser application itself -- but if
you're doing this level of stuff, you may be wanting more control
anyway, and want to use a WebView.

What would you do with this information in an app?

I guess you could run a little web server in your app, direct the
browser to it, pick up the UA string, and redirect to somewhere else.
Bleh. A whole lot of hackery for something that hardly ever changes.

On Feb 19, 11:21 pm, Dan Raaka <danra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> is there a way to get the User Agent of the Browser on the android
> device pro grammatically from within an app ?
>
> -Dan

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