Detect between a mobile browser or a PhoneGap application

Question

Is it possible to detect if the user is accessing through the browser or application using JavaScript?

I\'m developing a hybrid application to several mobile OS thr

Answer 1

New solution:

var isPhoneGapWebView = location.href.match(/^file:/); // returns true for PhoneGap app

Old solution:
Use jQuery, run like this

$(document).ready(function(){
   alert(window.innerHeight);
});

Take iPhone as example for your mobile application,

When using PhoneGap or Cordova, you'll get 460px of WebView, but in safari, you'll lose some height because of browser's default header and footer.

If window.innerHeight is equal to 460, you can load phonegap.js, and call onDeviceReady function