Utilities

We describe other functions provided by Monaca.

Method/Property	Description
monaca.getDeviceId()	Get the unique device ID
monaca.baseUrl	Get absolute URL to www folder.
monaca.isAndroid	Check whether the device is Android or not
monaca.isIOS	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!");
}