Device

The device object describes the device's hardware and software.

Properties

Variable Scope

Since device is assigned to the window object, it is implicitly in the global scope.

// These reference the same `device`
var phoneName = window.device.name;
var phoneName = device.name;

Accessing the Feature

As of version 3.0, Cordova implements device-level APIs as plugins. Use the CLI's plugin command, described in The Command-line Interface, to add or remove this feature for a project:

    $ cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-device.git
    $ cordova plugin rm org.apache.cordova.core.device

These commands apply to all targeted platforms, but modify the platform-specific configuration settings described below:

  • Android

      (in app/res/xml/config.xml)
  <feature name="Device">
      <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.Device" />
  </feature>

  (in app/AndroidManifest.xml)
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />

  • BlackBerry WebWorks

      (in www/plugins.xml)
  <feature name="Device">
      <param name="blackberry-package" value="org.apache.cordova.device.Device" />
  </feature>

  (in www/config.xml)
  <feature id="blackberry.app" required="true" version="1.0.0.0" />
  <rim:permissions>
      <rim:permit>read_device_identifying_information</rim:permit>
  </rim:permissions>

  • Windows Phone (in Properties/WPAppManifest.xml)

      <Capabilities>
      <Capability Name="ID_CAP_WEBBROWSERCOMPONENT" />
      <Capability Name="ID_CAP_IDENTITY_DEVICE" />
      <Capability Name="ID_CAP_IDENTITY_USER" />
  </Capabilities>

    Reference: Application Manifest for Windows Phone

  • Tizen (in config.xml)

      <feature name="http://tizen.org/api/systeminfo" required="true"/>

    Reference: Application Manifest for Tizen Web Application

Some platforms may support this feature without requiring any special configuration. See Platform Support for an overview.