There is way to identify a device type (smartphone, tablet, laptop) ? I need to identify a device type as: smartphone, tablet, laptop .. i try to use the "react-native-device-info" api library but dont understand how to identify the 3 specific devices type (smartphone, tablet, laptop) .

So how can i do some code that will gives me if its "Handset"=> Smartphone , if its "unknown"=> Laptop/Computer and it will be saved as well in my async-storage.

import DeviceInfo from 'react-native-device-info';
import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-munity/async-storage';

// how can i do some code that will gives me if its "Handset"=> Smartphone , 
//if its "unknown"=> Laptop/Computer 
//and it will be saved as well in my async-storage.

//this some example that i wanna get it works well coz now its not work good

const funct1=  (type) => {
let type = DeviceInfo.getDeviceType();

if type==='Handset'{
  AsyncStorage.setItem('PLATFORM-TYPE', 'Smartphone');
}
if type==='unknown'{
  AsyncStorage.setItem('PLATFORM-TYPE', 'Laptop/Computer');
}
};

There is way to identify a device type (smartphone, tablet, laptop) ? I need to identify a device type as: smartphone, tablet, laptop .. i try to use the "react-native-device-info" api library but dont understand how to identify the 3 specific devices type (smartphone, tablet, laptop) .

So how can i do some code that will gives me if its "Handset"=> Smartphone , if its "unknown"=> Laptop/Computer and it will be saved as well in my async-storage.

import DeviceInfo from 'react-native-device-info';
import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-munity/async-storage';

// how can i do some code that will gives me if its "Handset"=> Smartphone , 
//if its "unknown"=> Laptop/Computer 
//and it will be saved as well in my async-storage.

//this some example that i wanna get it works well coz now its not work good

const funct1=  (type) => {
let type = DeviceInfo.getDeviceType();

if type==='Handset'{
  AsyncStorage.setItem('PLATFORM-TYPE', 'Smartphone');
}
if type==='unknown'{
  AsyncStorage.setItem('PLATFORM-TYPE', 'Laptop/Computer');
}
};

• javascript
• reactjs
• react-native
• expo

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• Have you solved this, yet? – Shahnawaz Hossan Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 12:03

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In the mentioned react-native-device-info there is a method getDeviceType() that returns

• Handset for smartphones,
• Tablet for tablets,
• Tv for TV and
• unknown for everything else (most probably it would be laptops)

According to API DOC you can use these APIs to detect the device types:

• getDeviceType
• isTablet
• isEmulator
• getModel

There are so many APIs to get the device name or any other use-cases. Read the API doc :) Also you cannot detect the laptop as far as I know, React Native does not for on PC.