samnan/cordova-plugin-useragent

Allows you to change your User-Agent for HTTP requests.

Cordova/PhoneGap UserAgent Plugin

Plugin for Cordova 3.0+ that allows you to change your User-Agent for HTTP requests.

Check your user agent

https://www.whoishostingthis.com/tools/user-agent/

Change User-agent with caution!

Starting from Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT Android version, changing the user-agent while loading a web page causes WebView to initiate loading once again. https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebSettings#setUserAgentString(java.lang.String)

Related question from stackoverflow

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62434410/set-user-agent-in-webview-for-android-api-30/62535531

Actual info

According to https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/03/chrome-phasing-user-agent/, Chrome will replace User-Agent with a new API called Client Hints.

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Adding the plugin to your project

To install the plugin, use the Cordova CLI and enter the following:
cordova plugin add https://github.com/LouisT/cordova-useragent

Platforms

• Android
• iOS (9+, with WKWebView plugin)

Use

To set your User-Agent:
UserAgent.set(useragent)

To get your current User-Agent:
UserAgent.get(function(ua) { })

To set your User-Agent back to the default:
UserAgent.reset()