Detect Safari using jQuery

Question

Though both are Webkit based browsers, Safari urlencodes quotation marks in the URL while Chrome does not.

Therefore I need to distinguish between these two in JS.

Answer 1

Generic FUNCTION

 var getBrowseActive = function (browserName) {
   return navigator.userAgent.indexOf(browserName) > -1;
 };

Answer 2

If you are checking the browser use $.browser. But if you are checking feature support (recommended) then use $.support.

You should NOT use $.browser to enable/disable features on the page. Reason being its not dependable and generally just not recommended.

If you need feature support then I recommend modernizr.

Answer 3

unfortunately the above examples will also detect android's default browser as Safari, which it is not. I used navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') != -1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Chrome') == -1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Android') == -1

Answer 4

I use to detect Apple browser engine, this simple JavaScript condition:

 navigator.vendor.startsWith('Apple')

Answer 5

Using a mix of feature detection and Useragent string:

    var is_opera = !!window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf(' OPR/') >= 0;
    var is_Edge = navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Edge") > -1;
    var is_chrome = !!window.chrome && !is_opera && !is_Edge;
    var is_explorer= typeof document !== 'undefined' && !!document.documentMode && !is_Edge;
    var is_firefox = typeof window.InstallTrigger !== 'undefined';
    var is_safari = /^((?!chrome|android).)*safari/i.test(navigator.userAgent);

Usage:
if (is_safari) alert('Safari');

Or for Safari only, use this :

if ( /^((?!chrome|android).)*safari/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {alert('Its Safari');}

Answer 6

    // Safari uses pre-calculated pixels, so use this feature to detect Safari
    var canva = document.createElement('canvas');
    var ctx = canva.getContext("2d");
    var img = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, 1, 1);
    var pix = img.data;     // byte array, rgba
    var isSafari = (pix[3] != 0);   // alpha in Safari is not zero