Implement your own IsMobile check with handy dev functionality
Example code of IsMobile (determining device), with some handy dev functionality, see comments in code snippet.
public Boolean IsMobile { get { if (HttpContext.Current == null) return false; //Making it possible to put ?showResponsive=true on any page to see it Mobile if (HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString["showResponsive"] + "" == "true") return true; //Activate Mobile Channel by having an appsetting, to configure different behavior for test/dev purposes. //values cookie, mobiles, browsername if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ResponsiveBrowser"])) { //you can have a cookie set to display the mobile channel HttpCookie c = HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies.Get("ResponsiveBrowser"); if (c == null) c = new HttpCookie("ResponsiveBrowser", "false"); DeviceType deviceType = GetDevieType(HttpContext.Current.Request.UserAgent); if (HttpContext.Current.Request.Browser.Type.Contains( ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ResponsiveBrowser"])) { return true; } else if (ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ResponsiveBrowser"].ToLower() == "cookie" && HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies.Get("ResponsiveBrowser") != null && HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies.Get("ResponsiveBrowser").Value == "true") { return true; } else if ((ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ResponsiveBrowser"].ToLower() == "mobiles" && deviceType == DeviceType.Phone && HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies.Get("ResponsiveBrowser") == null) || (ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ResponsiveBrowser"].ToLower() == "mobiles" && c.Value == "true")) { return true; } return HttpContext.Current.Request.Browser.IsMobileDevice; } return false; } } public static DeviceType GetDevieType(string userAgent) { if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(userAgent)) { if (userAgent.ToLowerInvariant().Contains("blackberry") || userAgent.ToLowerInvariant().Contains("iphone")) return DeviceType.Phone; if (userAgent.ToLowerInvariant().Contains("ipad")) return DeviceType.Tablet; if (userAgent.ToLowerInvariant().Contains("android")) { if (userAgent.ToLowerInvariant().Contains("mobile")) return DeviceType.Phone; else return DeviceType.Tablet; } if (userAgent.ToLowerInvariant().Contains("windows nt") && userAgent.ToLowerInvariant().Contains("touch")) { return DeviceType.Tablet; } if (userAgent.ToLowerInvariant().Contains("windows") && userAgent.ToLowerInvariant().Contains("touch")) { return DeviceType.Phone; } } return DeviceType.Desktop; } public enum DeviceType { Desktop, Tablet, Phone }