What is the User Agent in tvOS?

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Created Sep ’15

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What is the default user agent in tvOS while tvOS doesn't support webkit?

??So far I can get a UA like "AppName/1 CFNetwork/758.1.2 Darwin/15.0.0". However, is there an API that I can get a browser like UA such as Mozilla/5.0 (Apple TV; CPU iPhone OS 9_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/601.1.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/13T534YI which includes some device and OS info?

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lzhang OP

Sep ’15

I saw this user agent in the TVMLCatelog sample app: com.example.apple-samplecode.TVMLCatalog/1.0 iOS/9.0 model/AppleTV5,3 build/13T5365h.

Is there an API or way to get this user agent string?

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alextychkoff OP

Nov ’15

Hello Izhang,

Have you had a chance to figure out what is the actual user agent for new tvOS is? I have the same agent: "AppName/1 CFNetwork/758.1.2 Darwin/15.0.0". but not sure if it right.

Thank you in advance for you answer.

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KMT OP

Nov ’15

The Apple TV does not support the WebKit framework, meaning you can't technically show webpages and therefore have a traditional 'User Agent' string.

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mcabe OP

Dec ’15

Any update?

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iosdevsfp OP

Jan ’16

Hi,

Any update on finding the User Agent for the tvOS ?

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