Accessing 'Device Name' in Android 4.2 devices

Question

From Android 4.2 onwards, user can change the Device name in settings menu. Is there any API exposed to retrieve that value from code??

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maybe this helps http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6662216/display-android-bluetooth-device-name — A.S., Dec 19 '13 at 09:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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Yes you can, use this:

android.os.Build.MODEL

to get the model,and this to get the manufacturer:

android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER

UPDATE: As been said here, No all device will have this option. You can try getting it this way:

BluetoothAdapter myDevice = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter();
String deviceName = myDevice.getName();

add a perrmision to the manifest file as well:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>

But this wont always work.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

Community

answered Dec 19 '13 at 09:51

Emil Adz

No..I need Device name set by user. MODEL and MANUFACTURER is different. – Tapas Jena Dec 19 '13 at 09:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 19 '13 at 09:51

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To display the device name/model in android use:

     TextView tv1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv1);
     String str = android.os.Build.MODEL;
     tv1.setText(str);

answered Dec 19 '13 at 09:51

VenuNalla

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '13 at 09:57

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I dont think you can rely on this functionality as it may be a Samsung modification.

My Nexus 5 does not have the ability to change the device name on this settings page on Android 4.4

answered Dec 19 '13 at 09:57

Kuffs

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