Get preferred screen brightness in Android

Question

How do you get the preferred screen brightness in Android?

To change the screen brightness I use WindowManager.LayoutParams.screenBrightness. According to the docume

Answer 1

Well to answer the question as asked you can get the prefered brightness from Settings.system.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS The range looks to be 0-255.

int UserBrightness = Settings.System.getInt(getContentResolver(), 
            Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS,-1); 

What the curent brightness actualy is at the moment, as set by Automatic mode or an app setting it's own brightness is a different question realy and I would also be interested in the answer.