This client-side function enables a developer to query for specific device capabilities and use it for conditional execution of logic.

Example:

ClientOSEnvGet('PATH') reads the value of the operating system PATH environment variable.

Platform specific:

This function is not supported for Windows Mobile deployment.

On the Android and iOS mobile devices, the following predefined keys can be used to return device information:

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_os') – returns the device operating system

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_screen-width') – returns the device screen width in portrait mode in pixels

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_screen-height') – returns the device screen height in portrait mode in pixels

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_physical-width') – returns the device physical screen width in portrait mode in inches (Since version: 2.3)
  Note that this value may not be accurate on all devices since the device OS returns inaccurate DPI values.

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_physical-height') – returns the device physical screen height in portrait mode in inches (Since version: 2.3)
  Note that this value may not be accurate on all devices since the device OS returns inaccurate DPI values.

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_orientation') – returns the device screen orientation

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_os-version') – returns the device OS version number

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_model') – returns the device model number or name

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_touch') – returns “1” if the device has a touch screen

• ClientOSEnvGet ('temp') – returns the cache folder of the application on the device (Android support – Since version: 2.3a)

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_location') – returns the current device location

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_magic-version') – returns the RIA client version number

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_udf|getargs') – returns the query parameters when the application was launched from another application (Since version: 2.3)

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_udf|getpushid') – returns the device ID, which can be used for sending push notifications to the device (Since version: 2.4c)

• ClientOSEnvGet ('device_udf|my_string') – calls a user defined function as detailed in the Using Native OS Code in Mobile Applications topic (Since version: 2.2a)

• ClientOSEnvGet('device_resource-folder') – returns the value of the resource folder as detailed in the Alternative Images – Android and iOS topic. Since version: 2.3

On Android devices, you can also use Java predefined keys (for example: ClientOSEnvGet (‘java.io.tmpdir’)) to get additional information. For more information, refer to: http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/System.html#getProperty(java.lang.String)

See also:

The Rich Client Samples project (REL14b)