How to distinguish Simulator from iPhone run

[Gabriel]

Hey Steve and Troy,

My problem is thus: I would like to run the watchAcceleration() when I
am on the iPhone but NOT when I am running the app in the simulator.
When I try in the simulator, the app stops running for some reason I
can't discern. I tried doing:

if (typeof(PhoneGap) != 'undefined') {
alert("accel: "+ navigator.accelerometer.watchAcceleration);
return;
}

to no avail and I tried

if (navigator.accelerometer != null) {
}

but that doesn't work either. How can I tell [in Javascript] which
environment its running in?

Thanks,
Gabriel

[Steve Marmon]

Hi Gabriel,

Are you running your app inside of PhoneGap in the simulator, or just
as a regular webapp? The

if (typeof(PhoneGap) != 'undefined')

technique will work, but only if you use Mobile Safari to navigate
directly to your ~/sites/phonegap/iphone/www/index.html file.

- Steve

[Gabriel Adauto]

We're on PhoneGap only.  Basically, when it's on the Simulator, you can't control the game, so there's no webapp-ability.  However, the Simulator loads way faster and is better for testing.

Thanks,
Gabriel

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