Detect if device is iOS

Question

I\'m wondering if it\'s possible to detect whether a browser is running on iOS, similar to how you can feature detect with Modernizr (although this is obviously device detec

Answer 1

Detecting iOS (both <12, and 13+)

Community wiki, as edit queue says it is full and all other answers are currently outdated or incomplete.

const iOS_1to12 = /iPad|iPhone|iPod/.test(navigator.platform);

const iOS13_iPad = (navigator.platform === 'MacIntel' && navigator.maxTouchPoints > 1));

const iOS1to12quirk = function() {
  var audio = new Audio(); // temporary Audio object
  audio.volume = 0.5; // has no effect on iOS <= 12
  return audio.volume === 1;
};

const isIOS = !window.MSStream && (iOS_1to12 || iOS13_iPad || iOS1to12quirk());