Retrieving Android API version programmatically

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Is there any way to get the API version that the phone is currently running

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SDK INT is supported for Android 1 6 and up  SDK is supported for all versions  So I do   String sdk version number   android os Build VERSION SDK    Credits to  CommonsWare over this answer

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As described in the Android documentation  the SDK level  integer  the phone is running is available in   android os Build VERSION SDK INT  The class corresponding to this int is in the android os Build VERSION CODES class   Code example   if  android os Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   android os Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP          Do something for lollipop and above versions   else         do something for phones running an SDK before lollipop     Edit  This SDK INT is available since Donut  android 1 6   API4  so make sure your application is not retro-compatible with Cupcake  android 1 5   API3  when you use it or your application will crash  thanks to Programmer Bruce for the precision    Corresponding android documentation is here and here

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try this    if  android os Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   android os Build VERSION CODES GINGERBREAD            only for gingerbread and newer versions

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android os Build VERSION SDK should give you the value of the API Level  You can easily find the mapping from api level to android version in the android documentation  I believe  8 is for 2 2  7 for 2 1  and so on

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i prefer have the version as number to be handeled more easyway than i wrote this     public static float getAPIVerison          Float f   null      try           StringBuilder strBuild   new StringBuilder            strBuild append android os Build VERSION RELEASE substring 0  2            f   new Float strBuild toString           catch  NumberFormatException e            Log e      error retriving api version    e getMessage                return f floatValue

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Taking into account all said  here is the code I use for detecting if device has Froyo or newer Android OS  2 2     public static boolean froyoOrNewer            SDK INT is introduced in 1 6  API Level 4  so code referencing that would fail        Also we can t use SDK INT since some modified ROMs play around with this value  RELEASE is most versatile variable     if  android os Build VERSION RELEASE startsWith  1               android os Build VERSION RELEASE startsWith  2 0              android os Build VERSION RELEASE startsWith  2 1            return false       return true      Obviously  you can modify that if condition to take into account 1 0  amp  1 5 versions of Android in case you need generic checker  You will probably end up with something like this      returns true if current Android OS on device is  gt   verCode  public static boolean androidMinimum int verCode        if  android os Build VERSION RELEASE startsWith  1 0            return verCode    1      else if  android os Build VERSION RELEASE startsWith  1 1              return verCode  lt   2        else if  android os Build VERSION RELEASE startsWith  1 5              return verCode  lt   3        else           return android os Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   verCode            Let me know if code is not working for you

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Build VERSION RELEASE    That will give you the actual numbers of your version  aka 2 3 3 or 2 2  The problem with using Build VERSION SDK INT is if you have a rooted phone or custom rom  you could have a non standard OS  aka my android is running 2 3 5  and that will return a null when using Build VERSION SDK INT so Build VERSION RELEASE will work no matter using standard Android version or not    To use it  you could just do this   String androidOS   Build VERSION RELEASE

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Got it  Its using the getApplicationInfo   method of the Context class

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I improved code i used   public static float getAPIVerison          float f 1f      try           StringBuilder strBuild   new StringBuilder            strBuild append android os Build VERSION RELEASE substring 0  2            f  Float valueOf strBuild toString           catch  NumberFormatException e            Log e  myApp    error retriving api version    e getMessage                return f

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Very easy      String manufacturer   Build MANUFACTURER     String model   Build MODEL     int version   Build VERSION SDK INT     String versionRelease   Build VERSION RELEASE   Log e  MyActivity    manufacturer     manufacturer                  n model     model                  n version     version                  n versionRelease     versionRelease          Output   E MyActivity    manufacturer ManufacturerX                 model SM-T310                  version 19                  versionRelease 4 4 2

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I generally prefer to add these codes in a function to get the Android version  int whichAndroidVersion   whichAndroidVersion  Build VERSION SDK INT  textView setText  quot  quot    whichAndroidVersion     If you don t use  quot  quot  then app crashes   For example  that code above will set the text into my textView as  quot 29 quot  now

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Like this  String versionRelease   BuildConfig VERSION NAME   versionRelease  - 2 1 17  Please make sure your import package is correct   import package your application package name  otherwise it will not work properly

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