How can I check in code the Android version like 1.5 or 1.6

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I need to check in code what Android release version is running currently on target device. Can you supply code example?

score 25 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 18 '12 at 06:31

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I was looking for this and didn't find a solution - ended up here and I figured it out myself so for anyone out there looking for this:

int SDK_INT = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;

this returns os sdk level 7 eclair 8 froyo etc

edited Jun 18 '12 at 06:31

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answered Nov 18 '10 at 17:34

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This is actually not really a correct answer to the question, as SDK_INT is available from API Level 4 (Donut, 1.6) on. So, it fails when trying to detect 1.5, which was part of the question... – Zordid Mar 23 '12 at 11:41

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 28 '14 at 08:09

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To get the build version of Android like: 2.2, 2.3.3, 4.0 or 4.0.3 ... use the following code:

String deviceVersion = Build.VERSION.RELEASE;

edited Nov 28 '14 at 08:09

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answered Nov 16 '12 at 08:15

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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I think this is a duplicate of my own question: ndk version at run time. Short answer: no easy way for a native application to do it (you could however run a Java app and communicate with it to get the version).

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 21 '10 at 08:06

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can you execute getprop ro.build.version.release shell command on your device ?

answered Jun 21 '10 at 08:06

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score -2 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 14 '11 at 13:13

This works

also import the followng:

import com.android.phonetests.TEST_INTERFACE;
import android.os.Build;
import android.app.ActivityThread;
import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
import android.content.pm.IPackageManager;


private int GetSDKVersion()
{
    int version = 0;
    IPackageManager pm = ActivityThread.getPackageManager();
    try
    {
        //returns a ref to my application according to its application name
        ApplicationInfo applicationInfo = pm.getApplicationInfo("com.android.phonetests", 0);

        if (applicationInfo != null) 
        {           
            version = applicationInfo.targetSdkVersion; ////this makes the same -> version = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT
            Log.i(LOG_TAG,"[DBG] version: " + version);  

            //2 is 5
            //2.01 6 (Donut - 2.01)
            //2.2  7 (Eclair - 2.2) currently it is Eclair_MR1 (Major Release)                  
            switch (version) 
            {                           
                case Build.VERSION_CODES.ECLAIR_MR1:
                Log.i(LOG_TAG,"[DBG] version: ECLAIR");//2.2  7 (Eclair - 2.2) currently it is Eclair_MR1 (Major Release)
                break;
                case Build.VERSION_CODES.DONUT:
                Log.i(LOG_TAG,"[DBG] version: DONUT");//2.01 6 (Donut - 2.01)
                break;
            }
        }
    } 
    catch (android.os.RemoteException e){}      
    return version;
}

Unfortunately, this wasn't working on my 2.1 Nexus One. "com.android.phonetests" seems to not exist. — Steve Pomeroy, Jun 30 '10 at 20:15
Shouldn't you just be getting the value defined in Build.VERSION.SDK_INT instead of querying the targetSdkVersion from some random package? — Steve Pomeroy, Jun 30 '10 at 20:20
thanks, don't know why I didn't use this from the beginning? I simply went a difficult way :-( Thanks Ilana — ilana, Jul 01 '10 at 08:14
Steve Pomeroy, I have used package name of my apk file => com.android.phonetests. Now any body who will use my code example should off coarse change it with his/her package name !! — ilana, Jul 19 '10 at 09:41

How can I check in code the Android version like 1.5 or 1.6

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