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

All answers in one method

static boolean checkEmulator()
{
    try
    {
        String buildDetails = (Build.FINGERPRINT + Build.DEVICE + Build.MODEL + Build.BRAND + Build.PRODUCT + Build.MANUFACTURER + Build.HARDWARE).toLowerCase();

        if (buildDetails.contains("generic") 
        ||  buildDetails.contains("unknown") 
        ||  buildDetails.contains("emulator") 
        ||  buildDetails.contains("sdk") 
        ||  buildDetails.contains("genymotion") 
        ||  buildDetails.contains("x86") // this includes vbox86
        ||  buildDetails.contains("goldfish")
        ||  buildDetails.contains("test-keys"))
            return true;
    }   
    catch (Throwable t) {Logger.catchedError(t);}

    try
    {
        TelephonyManager    tm  = (TelephonyManager) App.context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
        String              non = tm.getNetworkOperatorName().toLowerCase();
        if (non.equals("android"))
            return true;
    }
    catch (Throwable t) {Logger.catchedError(t);}

    try
    {
        if (new File ("/init.goldfish.rc").exists())
            return true;
    }
    catch (Throwable t) {Logger.catchedError(t);}

    return false;
}

Answer 2

Actually, ANDROID_ID on 2.2 always equals 9774D56D682E549C (according to this thread + my own experiments).

So, you could check something like this:

String androidID = ...;
if(androidID == null || androidID.equals("9774D56D682E549C"))
    do stuff;

Not the prettiest, but it does the job.

Answer 3

Build.BRAND.startsWith("generic") && Build.DEVICE.startsWith("generic")

This should return true if the app is running on an emulator.

What we should be careful about is not detecting all the emulators because there are only several different emulators. It is easy to check. We have to make sure that actual devices are not detected as an emulator.

I used the app called "Android Device Info Share" to check this.

On this app, you can see various kinds of information of many devices (probably most devices in the world; if the device you are using is missing from the list, it will be added automatically).

Answer 4

I never found a good way to tell if you're in the emulator.

but if you just need to detecet if you're in a development environment you can do this :

     if(Debug.isDebuggerConnected() ) {
        // Things to do in debug environment...
    }

Hope this help....

Answer 5

Another option would be to look at the ro.hardware property and see if its set to goldfish. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an easy way to do this from Java but its trivial from C using property_get().

Answer 6

use this function :

 public static final boolean isEmulator() {

    int rating = 0;

    if ((Build.PRODUCT.equals("sdk")) || (Build.PRODUCT.equals("google_sdk"))
            || (Build.PRODUCT.equals("sdk_x86")) || (Build.PRODUCT.equals("vbox86p"))) {
        rating++;
    }
    if ((Build.MANUFACTURER.equals("unknown")) || (Build.MANUFACTURER.equals("Genymotion"))) {
        rating++;
    }
    if ((Build.BRAND.equals("generic")) || (Build.BRAND.equals("generic_x86"))) {
        rating++;
    }
    if ((Build.DEVICE.equals("generic")) || (Build.DEVICE.equals("generic_x86")) || (Build.DEVICE.equals("vbox86p"))) {
        rating++;
    }
    if ((Build.MODEL.equals("sdk")) || (Build.MODEL.equals("google_sdk"))
            || (Build.MODEL.equals("Android SDK built for x86"))) {
        rating++;
    }
    if ((Build.HARDWARE.equals("goldfish")) || (Build.HARDWARE.equals("vbox86"))) {
        rating++;
    }
    if ((Build.FINGERPRINT.contains("generic/sdk/generic"))
            || (Build.FINGERPRINT.contains("generic_x86/sdk_x86/generic_x86"))
            || (Build.FINGERPRINT.contains("generic/google_sdk/generic"))
            || (Build.FINGERPRINT.contains("generic/vbox86p/vbox86p"))) {
        rating++;
    }

    return rating > 4;

    }