Does Android support [removed].replace or any equivalent?

Question

It seems that the Android browser doesn\'t properly implement window.location.replace.

In most browsers, calling window.location.replace wi

Answer 1

I had the same issue and ended up with code similar to chris suggestion, but I changed the if statement to use modernizr's feature detection. If you're not using modernizr the code would look something like this:

if(!!(window.history && history.replaceState)){
   window.history.replaceState({}, document.title, base + fragment);
} else {
   location.replace(base + fragment);
}

Unless you have a specific reason for device detection, feature detection is preferred since it basically supports all devices, even future ones.

Answer 2

To make it work across all/most mobile platforms check out this link.

Shows how to handle redirect for Android, iPad and iPhone.

Android uses document.location whereas iOS supports window.location.replace

Answer 3

Will this work?

document.location.href = 'http://example.com/somePage.html';

Answer 4

You can try using the replaceState method on the history window.history

      if (((navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('mozilla/5.0') > -1 && navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('android ') > -1 && navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('applewebkit') > -1) && !(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('chrome') > -1))) {
          window.history.replaceState({}, document.title, base + fragment);
      } else {
          location.replace(base + fragment);
      }