Compatibility/UADetectionLibraries

User Agent Detection Libraries

This is a list of User Agent detection libraries to be tested for compatibility with Firefox OS and Firefox for Android. This may also include general purpose JS libraries that include some kind of UA detection.

The end goal is to contact these sites or (even better, in the case of open source libraries) provide patches so our mobile browsers are correctly identified as mobile (and not served desktop content or blocked outright).

UA strings to test with:

Firefox Mobile for Android:

• Mozilla/5.0 (Android; Mobile; rv:24.0) Gecko/24.0 Firefox/24.0

Firefox OS phones:

• Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; rv:18.0) Gecko/18.0 Firefox/18.0

Firefox OS tablets:

• Mozilla/5.0 (Tablet; rv:26.0) Gecko/18.0 Firefox/26.0

Some known Firefox OS UA strings with device ids (found in bugzil.la/873385):

• Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; ZTEOPEN; rv:18.1) Gecko/18.1 Firefox/18.1
• Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; HUAWEIY300-F1; rv:18.1) Gecko/18.1 Firefox/18.1
• Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; LG-D300; rv:18.1) Gecko/18.1 Firefox/18.1
• Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; ALCATELOneTouch4012X; rv:18.1) Gecko/18.1 Firefox/18.1

See also https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Gecko_user_agent_string_reference#Firefox_OS_version_number.

Libraries to be tested

JavaScript

• Dojo Toolkit https://github.com/dojo/ (see http://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/1.7/quickstart/browser-sniffing.html)
  • Do we need to recommend a ffos or fxos token be added to the module? https://github.com/dojo/dojo/blob/master/sniff.js

Server Modules

• NetBiscuits http://www.netbiscuits.com/ (have reached out, unsure how to test right now.)

Tested, issues reported in Bugzilla

Meta Bug: 915706

*fixed

server frameworks

• Apache Mobile Filter 916250
• http://handsetdetection.com Bug 957205

java

• User Agent Utils 915727 *

php

• WPTouch (WordPress) Bug 909420

js

• Device.js 915853 *
• Woothee Bug 914313 *
• Detectizr Bug 956998 *
• is-mobile Bug 914231 *
• UA.js Bug 913189 *
• Platform.js Bug 913633
• JS Redirection Mobile Bug 932458*
• http://detectmobilebrowsers.com/ Bug 914241*

Libraries known to be compatibile

Go

• UserAgent https://github.com/mssola/user_agent

Java

• UADetector https://github.com/before/uadetector

JavaScript

• Detect.js https://github.com/darcyclarke/Detect.js
• Express Device https://npmjs.org/package/express-device
• isMobile https://github.com/kaimallea/isMobile
• jQuery Mobile
• Mobile Agent https://github.com/fabdrol/mobileagent
• Mootools (https://github.com/mootools/mootools-core/blob/master/Source/Browser/Browser.js)
• Node User Agent Parse https://github.com/jujhars13/node-user-agent-parse
• ua-parser-js https://github.com/faisalman/ua-parser-js
• useragent https://github.com/3rd-Eden/useragent
• YUI - http://yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/yui/yui-ua.html

Multiple Languages

• ua-parser (multiple languages) https://github.com/tobie/ua-parser
• Mobile ESP http://blog.mobileesp.com/
  • Some ports of this are compatible, in contact with maintainer via email.

Perl

• HTTP::BrowserDetect https://github.com/oalders/http-browserdetect

PHP

• Categorizr https://github.com/bjankord/Categorizr (Note: no longer maintained)
• Detector (Drupal) https://drupal.org/project/detector / http://detector.dmolsen.com/
• Mobile-Detect https://github.com/serbanghita/Mobile-Detect / http://mobiledetect.net/ / http://code.google.com/p/php-mobile-detect/
• Mobile Detect Bundle https://github.com/suncat2000/MobileDetectBundle
• PHP User Agent https://github.com/ornicar/php-user-agent
• PHP User Agent Parser https://github.com/donatj/PhpUserAgent
• WordPress Mobile Detect http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mobile-detect/

Python

• Django Mobile https://github.com/gregmuellegger/django-mobile
• GoMobile (Plone) https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gomobile.mobile
• minidetector https://github.com/saschwarz/minidetector/network
• Python User Agents https://github.com/selwin/python-user-agents

Ruby

• agent_orange https://github.com/kevinelliott/agent_orange
• browser https://github.com/fnando/browser
• Mobvious https://github.com/jistr/mobvious (uses MobileESP (ruby port is at least compatible)
• UserAgent https://github.com/josh/useragent (makes no mobile/non-mobile distinction)
• User Agent Parser https://github.com/toolmantim/user_agent_parser

Server Detection Frameworks

• 51 Degrees http://51degrees.mobi/Products/DeviceDetection.aspx
• Detect Right http://detectright.com/
• DeviceAtlas https://deviceatlas.com/device-data/user-agent-tester
• OpenDDR http://openddr.org/
• WURFL (1.4) http://tools.scientiamobile.com/?user-agent-string=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28Mobile%3B+rv%3A18.0%29+Gecko%2F18.0+Firefox%2F18.0