How can I detect when an Android application is ru

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 public URL to run against a development server automatically.) What is the best way to detect when an Android application is running in the emulator?

Answer 1

if ("sdk".equals( Build.PRODUCT )) {
 // Then you are running the app on the emulator.
        Log.w("MyAPP", "\n\n  Emulator \n\n"); 
}

Answer 2

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 (<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>)

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);
    }
} 

Answer 3

Since the underlying emulation engine for Genymotion is VirtualBox and that's not going to change any time soon I found the following code the most reliable:

   public static boolean isGenymotion() {
        return Build.PRODUCT != null && Build.PRODUCT.contains("vbox");
}

Answer 4

I found the new emulator Build.HARDWARE = "ranchu".

Reference:https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-emulator-dev/dltBnUW_HzU

And also I found the Android official way to check whether emulator or not.I think it's good reference for us.

Since Android API Level 23 [Android 6.0]

package com.android.internal.util;

/**
 * @hide
 */
public class ScreenShapeHelper {
    private static final boolean IS_EMULATOR = Build.HARDWARE.contains("goldfish");
}

We have ScreenShapeHelper.IS_EMULATOR to check whether emulator.

Since Android API Level 24 [Android 7.0]

package android.os;

/**
 * Information about the current build, extracted from system properties.
 */
public class Build {


    /**
     * Whether this build was for an emulator device.
     * @hide
     */
    public static final boolean IS_EMULATOR = getString("ro.kernel.qemu").equals("1");

}

We have Build.IS_EMULATOR to check whether emulator.

The way the official to check whether emulator is not new,and also maybe not enough,the answers above also mentioned.

But this maybe show us that the official will provide the way of official to check whether emulator or not.

As using the above all ways mentioned,right now we can also use the two ways about to check whether emulator.

How to access the com.android.internal package and @hide

and wait for the official open SDK.

Answer 5

From Battery, the emulator: Power source is always AC Charger. Temperature is always 0.

And you can use Build.HOST to record host value, different emulator has different host value.

Answer 6

This code works for me

TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager)getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
String networkOperator = tm.getNetworkOperatorName();
if("Android".equals(networkOperator)) {
    // Emulator
}
else {
    // Device
}

In case that device does not have sim card, It retuns empty string:""

Since Android emulator always retuns "Android" as network operator, I use above code.