Android Default Browser Keyboard Fires Resize Event

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On Android 4.0.x - 4.2.x in the default browser ( non nexus devices), the keyboard is not an overlay such as IOS and latter versions of Android, but instead uses existing screen real estate.

When opening the keyboard, the browser's resize event is fired, and the window.innerHeight() returns a smaller value than the default screen height. This can also effect CSS orientation media queries, as the device will think that the orientation has changed ( due to the window's height < width )

Related reading with a potential work around for CSS media queries.