i'm trying to get working method $ionicPlatform.isIOS, to get boolean value by the used platform where is app running.

I tried it on Android device and In Chrome Browser, but without any success result.

  $scope.getDeviceInfo = function() {

        $scope.isIOS = $ionicPlatform.isIOS();
        alert($ionicPlatform.isIOS());
  }

Code above is returning following exception:

Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a function

What i'm doing wrong please?

i'm trying to get working method $ionicPlatform.isIOS, to get boolean value by the used platform where is app running.

I tried it on Android device and In Chrome Browser, but without any success result.

  $scope.getDeviceInfo = function() {

        $scope.isIOS = $ionicPlatform.isIOS();
        alert($ionicPlatform.isIOS());
  }

Code above is returning following exception:

Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a function

What i'm doing wrong please?

• javascript
• android
• ionic-framework

3 Answers 3

use the following function to check which platform you are on:

$ionicPlatform.is(platform)

where 'platform' could be 'ios' or 'android'.

See this ionic-mit here: github ionic mit

The $ionicPlatform service provider does not contain a function isIOS(). You can see it in this documentation.

What you can do though to check if it is iOS, is using the following function:

$scope.isIOS = ionic.Platform.isIOS();

Found in this documentation.

See the official document here

angular.module('PlatformApp', ['ionic'])
.controller('PlatformCtrl', function($scope) {

  ionic.Platform.ready(function(){
    // will execute when device is ready, or immediately if the device is already ready.
  });

  var deviceInformation = ionic.Platform.device();

  var isWebView = ionic.Platform.isWebView();
  var isIPad = ionic.Platform.isIPad();
  var isIOS = ionic.Platform.isIOS();
  var isAndroid = ionic.Platform.isAndroid();
  var isWindowsPhone = ionic.Platform.isWindowsPhone();

  var currentPlatform = ionic.Platform.platform();
  var currentPlatformVersion = ionic.Platform.version();

  ionic.Platform.exitApp(); // stops the app
});