Creator Simplified #13: Identify the user's device type using system variable
Hey Creators,
Welcome back to this week's post in the Creator Simplified series.
For today's post, we will learn how to determine the user's device type using a simple system variable. Identify whether the users are accessing your application via web, tablet, and phone.
Use Case:
Users accessibility of application on different devices depends on distinct businesses. An online service platform for an e-commerce business, users might prefer using mobile application. However, the users of an application to manage student details in an university might use web. Tracking the type of device can help you tailor the user experience based on the most commonly used device.
How to do this?
Welcome back to this week's post in the Creator Simplified series.
For today's post, we will learn how to determine the user's device type using a simple system variable. Identify whether the users are accessing your application via web, tablet, and phone.
Use Case:
Users accessibility of application on different devices depends on distinct businesses. An online service platform for an e-commerce business, users might prefer using mobile application. However, the users of an application to manage student details in an university might use web. Tracking the type of device can help you tailor the user experience based on the most commonly used device.
How to do this?
Using system variables can help identify user's device.
The syntax for identifying the device will be as follows:zoho.device.type
This system variable returns the device names in the string format that are used to access the Creator application.
Determining this might help in making your application or components more user-friendly and optimised for different device types.
That's a wrap for today's post. Drop your questions/suggestions in the comments and watch out this space for more such posts.