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device: navigator.vendor is deprecated

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
mobile-dev

Research direction

Start with the device plugin's web implementation where manufacturer reads navigator.vendor, and compare its behavior with the linked capacitor-testapp reproduction. Determine whether the intended outcome is documentation or deprecation; done requires an agreed change and verification of the web behavior.

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Description

platform: web plugin: device type: bug

Bug Report

Plugin(s)

device

Capacitor Version

5.x

Platform(s)

web

Current Behavior

We use navigator.vendor for returning the manufacturer property and it's deprecated

Code Reproduction

https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor-testapp

Other Technical Details

I don't think there is an alternative, but maybe we should document it or deprecate it, the manufacturer field is only useful on Android native platform.

Additional Context

It still works, but might break in the future, so the issue is just as a heads up.

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