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NativeScript IOS Apps Broadcast as iPad in UserAgent String EVEN on iPhone Using http.getJSON() #2714

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NativeScript IOS Apps Broadcast as iPad in UserAgent String EVEN on iPhone Using http.getJSON()#2714
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bugos: ios
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2.4.0

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@newmediaone
newmediaone
opened on Sep 13, 2016

When using http.getJSON() in a mobile app on IOS, the app sends a UserAgent of "iPad", even from an iPhone.

Which platform(s) does your issue occur on?

iOS

Please provide the following version numbers that your issue occurs with:

  • CLI: 2.1.1
  • Cross-platform modules: 2.2.0
  • Runtime(s): 2.2.1
  • Plugin(s):
    "dependencies": {
    "moment": "^2.14.1",
    "nativescript-collapsing-header": "^2.0.0",
    "nativescript-floatingactionbutton": "^2.2.4",
    "nativescript-fresco": "^1.0.5",
    "nativescript-google-analytics": "^0.2.9",
    "nativescript-pulltorefresh": "^1.1.6",
    "nativescript-snackbar": "^1.1.2",
    "nativescript-social-share": "^1.3.0",
    "tns-core-modules": "^2.2.1"
    }

Please tell us how to recreate the issue in as much detail as possible.

RUN:
http.getJSON("http://exmplesite.com") in the app code, run it on an iPhone device or IOS iPHone simulator.
Look at the access log of exmplesite.com, you'll see the UserAgent String looks something like:
"Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 6_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Mobile/10A5355d Safari/8536.25""Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 6_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Mobile/10A5355d Safari/8536.25"

Where "iPad" is shown, this should be "iPhone". (When loading a webview, the user agent string is correct from an iPhone, so it appears the issue is NOT happen on a webview, but IS happening using the http.getJSON() function.)

THANKS!

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  1. NickIliev commented on Sep 14, 2016

    @NickIliev
    NickIliev
    on Sep 14, 2016
    Contributor

    Hello @newmediaone

    Indeed the http module is setting the user-agent as iPad.
    You can however, send your own custom user agent.

    e.g.

        http.request({
        url: "https://httpbin.org/user-agent",
        method: "GET",
        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "My-Custom-User-Agent" },
        content: JSON.stringify({ MyVariableOne: "ValueOne", MyVariableTwo: "ValueTwo" })
    }).then(function (response) {
        var result = response.content.toJSON();
        console.log(result["user-agent"]); // My-Custom-User-Agent
    }, function (e) {
        // console.log("Error occurred " + e);
    });

    Of course, you can provide some meaningful information in your user-agent string using this

  2. NickIliev
    self-assigned this
    on Sep 14, 2016
  3. NickIliev
    added
    os: ios
    bug
    on Sep 14, 2016

  4. NickIliev commented on Sep 15, 2016

    @NickIliev
    NickIliev
    on Sep 15, 2016
    Contributor

    Related to https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/blob/master/tns-core-modules/http/http-request.ios.ts#L18

  5. enchev
    added this to the 2.4.0 milestone on Sep 20, 2016
  6. enchev
    closed this as completedin #2769on Sep 20, 2016

  7. E-Mwaurer commented on Jun 25, 2019

    @E-Mwaurer
    E-Mwaurer
    on Jun 25, 2019

    How do i get the user agent details of my cross platform app built with nativescript. Any help is highly appreciated

  8. lock commented on Jun 24, 2020

    @lock
    lockbot
    on Jun 24, 2020

    This thread has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. Please open a new issue for related bugs.

  9. lock
    locked and limited conversation to collaborators on Jun 24, 2020
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