Is there alternative of html5 api history.pushState?

Question

From Can I use , the "history.pushState()" of Html5 Api cannot use on android browser < 4.2.

Is there alternative?

please let me know.. thanks.

Answer 1

Before pushState came along, people used the fragment identifier of the URL ( location.hash ). Libraries exist that will give a common interface between using that and the history API.

Using a fragment id doesn't fallback to URLs that can be processed server side though, so I'd just fallback to the non-JS version on those devices. (Possibly adding a small recommendation to change browser).