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Unable to detect Firefox browser on iPad [Detecting as safari] #709

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umeshrenlty opened this issue Mar 7, 2024 · 1 comment
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Description:
Issue:
We are encountering an issue where broswer name is giving safari for firefox in ipad

Steps to Reproduce:

Open the application in Firefox Ipad.
Retrieve broswer name.
Expected Behavior:
The application should accurately identify Firefox as the browser.

Actual Behavior:
Firefox is being incorrectly detected as Safari due to discrepancies

Additional Information:

Browser: Firefox
Device: Ipad
Detected Browser: Safari
Note:
This issue impacts the accurate identification of the browser and may lead to unintended behavior. Any insights or solutions to resolve this misidentification would be highly appreciated.

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At this time, the Firefox UA string doesn't include "FxiOS" (in default/desktop mode) on iPad. This is Firefox iOS bug mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios#6620.

Safari on iPadOS 17.4:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.4 Safari/605.1.15

Firefox 120.4 on iPadOS 17.4:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/16.0 Safari/605.1.15

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