Is there a way to check if Android device supports openGL ES 2.0?

Question

I need to check dynamically if the used device supports openGL ES 2.0. How can i do that?

Answer 1

In addition to checking in code in the ways that others have mentioned, if you want to restrct it in market to ONLY those devices with 2.0 then in manifest:

You should do both, I've had people install the apk directly on to unsuitable devices and had to deal with strange exceptions. Now I throw a runTime:

private boolean detectOpenGLES20() {
        ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
        ConfigurationInfo info = am.getDeviceConfigurationInfo();
        return (info.reqGlEsVersion >= 0x20000);
    }

      //in activity onCreate    
    if (!detectOpenGLES20()) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Open GL ES 2.0 was not found on device");
    }