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

Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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;
}

Answer 4

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;

Answer 5

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).