Detect if user is using webview for android/iOS or a regular browser

Question

How to detect if the user is browsing the page using webview for android or iOS?

There are various soluti

Answer 1

This is the extended version of rhavendc's answer. It can be used for showing app install banner when a website is visited from browser, and hiding the banner when a website is opened in a webview.

$iPhoneBrowser  = stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], "iPhone");
$iPadBrowser    = stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], "iPad");
$AndroidBrowser = stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], "Android");
$AndroidApp = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] == "com.company.app";
$iOSApp = (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Mobile/') !== false) && (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Safari/') == false);

if ($AndroidApp) {
    echo "This is Android application, DONT SHOW BANNER";
}
else if ($AndroidBrowser) {
    echo "This is Android browser, show Android app banner";
}
else if ($iOSApp) {
    echo "This is iOS application, DONT SHOW BANNER";
}
else if($iPhoneBrowser || $iPadBrowser) {
    echo "This is iOS browser, show iOS app banner";
}