Determine if running on a rooted device

Question

My app has a certain piece of functionality that will only work on a device where root is available. Rather than having this feature fail when it is used (and then show an a

Answer 1

Instead of using isRootAvailable() you can use isAccessGiven(). Direct from RootTools wiki:

if (RootTools.isAccessGiven()) {
    // your app has been granted root access
}

RootTools.isAccessGiven() not only checks that a device is rooted, it also calls su for your app, requests permission, and returns true if your app was successfully granted root permissions. This can be used as the first check in your app to make sure that you will be granted access when you need it.

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