getDeviceType - Helper to retrieve current device type

getDeviceType.js

/**
 * Helper to retrieve current device type
 */
export const getDeviceType = () => {
  const ua = navigator.userAgent,
    // we could have had several if, a switch with cases, or an object containing keys and values
    // by preference and to reduce the process we chose an array of objects containing the type of device and the test
    types = [
      {
        type: "tablet",
        value: /(tablet|ipad|playbook|silk)|(android(?!.*mobi))/i.test(ua),
      },
      {
        type: "mobile",
        value: /Mobile|iP(hone|od|ad)|Android|BlackBerry|IEMobile|Kindle|Silk-Accelerated|(hpw|web)OS|Opera M(obi|ini)/.test(
          ua
        )
      }
    ];
  try {
    return types.find((type) => type.value).type;
  } catch (error) {
    // if any exception is catched 
    // return "desktop" by default
    return "desktop";
  }
};