Utilities

We describe other functions provided by Monaca.

Method/Property

Description

Get the unique device ID

Get absolute URL to www folder.

Check whether the device is Android or not

Check the device is iOS or not

monaca.getDeviceId()

Get the unique device ID which has been created randomly.

Monaca framework automatically creates a unique device ID at the first time app launch.

monaca.getDeviceId(callback)

Parameter

Parameter

Type

Description

callback

Function

A callback function where device ID is the first parameter

Return Value

  • None

Example

monaca.getDeviceId(function(id){
   console.log('Device ID: ' + id);
});

monaca.baseUrl

Get an absolute URL to www folder.

monaca.baseUrl

Return Value

Type

Description

String

The absolute URL of application

Example

window.onload = function()
{
   alert(monaca.baseUrl);
}

monaca.isAndroid

Check whether the device is an Android device or not.

monaca.isAndroid

Return Value

Type

Description

boolean

The device is Android device if the return value is true.

Example

if(monaca.isAndroid === true){
  alert("Android!");
}

monaca.isIOS

Check whether the device is an iOS device or not .

monaca.isIOS

Return Value

Type

Description

boolean

The device is iOS device if the return value is true.

Example

if(monaca.isIOS === true){
  alert("iOS!");
}

Last updated