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Detect iPhone & Switch Template via render_to_response

Author:
bryanhelmig
Posted:
May 23, 2010
Language:
Python
Version:
1.2
Score:
-2 (after 2 ratings)

A fast way to implement an iPhone template switcher, especially if you have a lot of existing views using the render_to_response() shortcut. This checks for the iPhone browser and then modifies the chosen template by adding -mobile to the html's file name.

Check out this more complete list of user agents if you need to detect specific mobile devices.

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from django.shortcuts import render_to_response as render_to_response_pre

def render_to_response(template, context):
    '''
    If the exisiting view uses a template named foo.html, any iPhone
    will trigger the template named foo-iphone.html.
    '''
    if 'HTTP_USER_AGENT' in context['request'].META:
        if 'iphone' in context['request'].META['HTTP_USER_AGENT'].lower():
            template = template.rstrip('.html')
            template += '-iphone.html'
    return render_to_response_pre(template, context)

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