Does Android Support Window.location.replace Or Any Equivalent?

It seems that the Android browser doesn't properly implement window.location.replace. In most browsers, calling window.location.replace will replace the current URL with the URL pa

Solution 1:

I had the same issue and ended up with code similar to chris suggestion, but I changed the if statement to use modernizr's feature detection. If you're not using modernizr the code would look something like this:

if(!!(window.history && history.replaceState)){
   window.history.replaceState({}, document.title, base + fragment);
} else {
   location.replace(base + fragment);
}

Unless you have a specific reason for device detection, feature detection is preferred since it basically supports all devices, even future ones.

Solution 2:

To make it work across all/most mobile platforms check out this link.

Shows how to handle redirect for Android, iPad and iPhone.

Android uses document.location whereas iOS supports window.location.replace

Solution 3:

Will this work?

document.location.href = 'http://example.com/somePage.html';

Solution 4:

You can try using the replaceState method on the history window.history

      if (((navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('mozilla/5.0') > -1 && navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('android ') > -1 && navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('applewebkit') > -1) && !(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('chrome') > -1))) {
          window.history.replaceState({}, document.title, base + fragment);
      } else {
          location.replace(base + fragment);
      }