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

It is a good idea to verify if the device has these packages installed:

    mListPackageName.add("com.google.android.launcher.layouts.genymotion");
    mListPackageName.add("com.bluestacks");
    mListPackageName.add("com.vphone.launcher");
    mListPackageName.add("com.bignox.app");

And then simply check against the package manager till it finds one.

private static boolean isEmulByPackage(Context context) {
        final PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
        for (final String pkgName : mListPackageName) {
            return isPackageInstalled(pkgName, pm);
        }
        return false;
    }

private static boolean isPackageInstalled(final String packageName, final PackageManager packageManager) {
    try {
        packageManager.getPackageInfo(packageName, 0);
        return true;
    } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
        return false;
    }
}