How to detect iPad and iPad OS version in iOS 13 and Up?

Question

I can detect iOS 13 on iPhone but in iPad OS 13 navigator.platform comes as MacIntel. So it is not possible to get iPad identified using below code, but it works perfectly on iPhone.

    if (/iP(hone|od|ad)/.test(navigator.platform)) {
            var v = (navigator.appVersion).match(/OS (\d+)_(\d+)_?(\d+)?/);
            var version = [parseInt(v[1], 10), parseInt(v[2], 10), parseInt(v[3] || 0, 10)];
            return version;
    }

When we request for mobile website using the browser on iPad navigator.platform returns as iPad and works perfectly.

Can anyone suggest a way to identify iPad running on iOS 13 and up using Javascript?

Answer 1

I was able to get iPad detection working by checking for navigator.maxTouchPoints as well as navigator.platform. It's not perfect (as discussed in the comments below) but it's the best solution I've come across so far so I wanted to share.

const iPad = (userAgent.match(/(iPad)/) /* iOS pre 13 */ || 
  (navigator.platform === 'MacIntel' && navigator.maxTouchPoints > 1) /* iPad OS 13 */);