How can I detect when an Android application is running in the emulator?

Question

I would like to have my code run slightly differently when running on the emulator than when running on a device. (For example, using 10.0.2.2 instead of a

Answer 1

The above suggested solution to check for the ANDROID_ID worked for me until I updated today to the latest SDK tools released with Android 2.2.

Therefore I currently switched to the following solution which works so far with the disadvantage however that you need to put the PHONE_STATE read permission ()

private void checkForDebugMode() {
    ISDEBUGMODE = false; //(Secure.getString(getApplicationContext().getContentResolver(), Secure.ANDROID_ID) == null);

    TelephonyManager man = (TelephonyManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
    if(man != null){
        String devId = man.getDeviceSoftwareVersion();
        ISDEBUGMODE = (devId == null);
    }
}