Read or detect device or workspace

Developers: Plugin & API
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Hi
Is there a way to read or detect the device and/or operating system you’re using (more specific then just using navigator) or reading the active workspace name (as a workaround) through the api, and possibly dataview?
I would like to parse/show information differently depending on the device that loads the vault.

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What’s wrong with navigator? It has that information. You want something easier to interpret?

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It doesn’t distinguish safely or strictly enough between operating system and/or a specific devices. At least not from how I’m used to using it.

I already found a solution in the Obsidian API in Platform to ask for a specific type of operating system, f.e.: dv.app.plugins.plugins['templater-obsidian'].templater.current_functions_object.Obsidian.Platform.isMacOS

And by using a specific workspace per device which I can read out with:
dv.app.internalPlugins.plugins['workspaces'].instance.activeWorkspace)

If there’s an easier way then this, please enlighten me.

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What outcome are you trying to achieve?

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I want to show different information in template(r) and/or a dataviewjs based upon the specific device/os I’m using at that moment. You can’t get that from a userAgent.

6

What platforms are you trying to differentiate?

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Any. I want to know when I’m using my iPhone, my iPad, my other iPad, possibly an Android-device, my macOS-laptop, maybe a Windows-device. As far as I know, you can’t get the name of the device out of the userAgent.
But it’s ok, I already have my solution that works.

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As long as the userAgent string is not identical, you can distinguish between the devices. Have you compared the userAgents of your apple mobile devices and found them to be identical?

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Why would I go to all the trouble of looking for a way to get a specific device name out of the navigator or userAgent if I can just solve it more specifically for my use case with what I already have?

If it can be done quicker or more efficient then with the one or two lines I already posted, please show me, by example.

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Here’s a simple plugin that will add obsidian.Platform and activeWorkspace to the global scope: https://github.com/james-tindal/obsidian-plugin-helenagwyn

Once installed, you will only need to type Platform.isMacOS and activeWorkspace inside your DataViews

const obsidian = require('obsidian')

class Plugin extends obsidian.Plugin {
  onload() {
    globalThis.Platform = obsidian.Platform
    globalThis.activeWorkspace = app.internalPlugins.plugins.workspaces.instance.activeWorkspace
  }
}

module.exports = Plugin
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