Safari 9 Mobile works.

Author: devversion

src/lib/core/platform/platform.ts

@@ -37,9 +37,4 @@ export class Platform {
 
   // Trident on mobile adds the android platform to the userAgent to trick detections.
   ANDROID = this.isBrowser && /android/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !this.TRIDENT;
-
-  // Safari browsers will include the Safari keyword in their userAgent. Some browsers may fake
-  // this and just place the Safari keyword in the userAgent. To be more safe about Safari every
-  // Safari browser should also use Webkit as its layout engine.
-  SAFARI = this.isBrowser && /safari/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && this.WEBKIT;
 }

src/lib/input/input-container.spec.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import {
 } from './input-container-errors';
 import {MD_PLACEHOLDER_GLOBAL_OPTIONS} from '../core/placeholder/placeholder-options';
 
+/** Whether the current specs are running inside of Safari 9. */
+const IS_SAFARI_9 = /.+AppleWebKit.+Version\/9.+ Safari.+/.test(navigator.userAgent);
 
 describe('MdInputContainer', function () {
   beforeEach(async(() => {
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ describe('MdInputContainer', function () {
 
   it('should not be treated as empty if type is date',
       inject([Platform], (platform: Platform) => {
-        if (!(platform.TRIDENT || platform.FIREFOX || platform.SAFARI)) {
+        if (!(platform.TRIDENT || platform.FIREFOX || (IS_SAFARI_9 && !platform.IOS))) {
           let fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MdInputContainerDateTestController);
           fixture.detectChanges();
 
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ describe('MdInputContainer', function () {
   // Firefox and IE don't support type="date" and fallback to type="text".
   it('should be treated as empty if type is date on Firefox and IE',
       inject([Platform], (platform: Platform) => {
-        if (platform.TRIDENT || platform.FIREFOX || platform.SAFARI) {
+        if (platform.TRIDENT || platform.FIREFOX || (IS_SAFARI_9 && !platform.IOS)) {
           let fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MdInputContainerDateTestController);
           fixture.detectChanges();