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

[newmediaone]

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!

[NickIliev]

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

[NickIliev]

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

[E-Mwaurer]

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

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