Screen Inches

Very simple Cordova plugin, used to get information related to device screen.

With this plugin you shoud be able to get: Screen width, screen height, screen diagonal screen size (in inches), screen resolution PPI (also known as DPI)

Installation

You can install screen inches plugin with Cordova CLI, from npm:

$ cordova plugin add screen-inches
$ cordova prepare

Values

width

height

screenDiagonal

Code

window.plugins.aboutScreen.getInfo(
   function (e) {
       console.log("width", e.width);
       console.log("height", e.height);
       console.log("screenDiagonal", e.screenDiagonal);
       
   }
)

Usage

Make yourself a function like this, and edit the MAX_INCHES_TEST_USER_AGENT variable to set the limit between tablet and mobile, the function will return a string in a promise with the value "tablet" or "smartphone"

var MAX_INCHES_TEST_USER_AGENT = 6.0;
 
detectDevice = function () {
 
var deferred = $.Deferred();
 
   //No cordova found, navigator screen size
   if (!window.cordova) {
       var w = $(document).width() * window.devicePixelRatio,
           h = $(document).height() * window.devicePixelRatio,
           diagonalSize = Math.sqrt(w * w + h * h);
   
       console.log("Diagonal Size: " + diagonalSize);
   
       var maxDiagonal = 1280;
   
       if (diagonalSize >= maxDiagonal) {
           deferred.resolve("tablet");
       } else {
           deferred.resolve("smartphone");
       }
   //Test IOS devices based on userAgent    
   } else if (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i)) {
       deferred.resolve("tablet");
   
   } else if (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i) || navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i)) {
       deferred.resolve("smartphone");
   //Android, retrieving size from plugin
   } else {
   
       window.plugins.aboutScreen.getInfo(
           function (e) {
               console.log(e);
               if (e.screenDiagonal >= MAX_INCHES_TEST_USER_AGENT) {
   
                   deferred.resolve("tablet");
               } else if (e.screenDiagonal < MAX_INCHES_TEST_USER_AGENT) {
                   deferred.resolve("smartphone");
               //In case that the plugin can't retrieve the info     
               } else {
                   if (!navigator.userAgent.match(/Mobile/i)) {
                       deferred.resolve("tablet");
                   } else {
                       deferred.resolve("smartphone");
                   }
               }
           },
           function () {
               console.log("Error retrieving Screen Info");
               deferred.resolve("smartphone");
           });
   }
   
   return deferred.promise();
};