onClick not working on mobile (touch)

better to use touchstart event with .on() jQuery method: $(window).load(function() { // better to use $(document).ready(function(){ $(‘.List li’).on(‘click touchstart’, function() { $(‘.Div’).slideDown(‘500′); }); }); And i don’t understand why you are using $(window).load() method because it waits for everything on a page to be loaded, this tend to be slow, while you can use $(document).ready() … Read more

Detecting the system DPI/PPI from JS/CSS?

<div id=’testdiv’ style=”height: 1in; left: -100%; position: absolute; top: -100%; width: 1in;”></div> <script type=”text/javascript”> var devicePixelRatio = window.devicePixelRatio || 1; dpi_x = document.getElementById(‘testdiv’).offsetWidth * devicePixelRatio; dpi_y = document.getElementById(‘testdiv’).offsetHeight * devicePixelRatio; console.log(dpi_x, dpi_y); </script> grabbed from here http://www.infobyip.com/detectmonitordpi.php. Works on mobile devices! (android 4.2.2 tested)

position: fixed doesn’t work on iPad and iPhone

A lot of mobile browsers deliberately do not support position:fixed; on the grounds that fixed elements could get in the way on a small screen. The Quirksmode.org site has a very good blog post that explains the problem: http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2010/12/the_fifth_posit.html Also see this page for a compatibility chart showing which mobile browsers support position:fixed;: http://www.quirksmode.org/m/css.html (but … Read more

HTML5 element on Android

I’ve just done some experimentation with this, and from what I can tell you need three things: You must not use the type attribute when calling the video. You must manually call video.play() The video must be encoded to some quite strict parameters; using the iPhone setting on Handbrake with the ‘Web Optimized’ button checked … Read more

Detect viewport orientation, if orientation is Portrait display alert message advising user of instructions

if(window.innerHeight > window.innerWidth){ alert(“Please use Landscape!”); } jQuery Mobile has an event that handles the change of this property… if you want to warn if someone rotates later – orientationchange Also, after some googling, check out window.orientation (which is I believe measured in degrees…) EDIT: On mobile devices, if you open a keyboard then the … Read more

Simplest way to detect a mobile device in PHP

Here is a source: Detect Mobile Browser Download PHP script Code: <?php $useragent=$_SERVER[‘HTTP_USER_AGENT’]; if(preg_match(‘/(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino/i’,$useragent)||preg_match(‘/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-/i’,substr($useragent,0,4))) header(‘Location: http://detectmobilebrowser.com/mobile’); ?>

Media Queries: How to target desktop, tablet, and mobile?

IMO these are the best breakpoints: @media (min-width:320px) { /* smartphones, portrait iPhone, portrait 480×320 phones (Android) */ } @media (min-width:480px) { /* smartphones, Android phones, landscape iPhone */ } @media (min-width:600px) { /* portrait tablets, portrait iPad, e-readers (Nook/Kindle), landscape 800×480 phones (Android) */ } @media (min-width:801px) { /* tablet, landscape iPad, lo-res laptops … Read more