cordova.platformId returning "browser" on android

[mikaleerhart]

I'm trying to write some mobile specific code in my cordova android app. My content src is an index.html where I have my JS code.
When I check cordova.platformId, it returns "browser", even if running on Android. Using cordova 12.0.0.

[breautek]

cordova.platformId is powered by the platform, it's somewhat hard-coded. The cordova.js file (which is a generated file and each platform has its own version) obtains the platform id via it's platform.js import.

So the fact that cordova.platformId is "browser" suggests that you're maybe mixing platform files? Everything inside the platforms/ folder is managed by Cordova and in most cases shouldn't be touched.

Also worth making sure you're correctly testing the variable rather than doing an assignment. For example:

if (cordova.platformId = "browser") { ... }

A logical error such as above which might be easy to miss, would do an assignment, replacing cordova.platformId and then proceed to evaluate whether the value is "truthy" (which it is) and thus enter the if condition. If you inspect the variable after, it will have the "browser" value since the assignment has already occurred.

The following would be the correct usage:

if (cordova.platformId === "browser") { ... }