How can I detect the Android runtime (Dalvik or ART)?

Question

Google added a new ART runtime with Android 4.4. How can I determine whether ART or Dalvik is the current runtime?

Answer 1

final String vm = VMRuntime.getRuntime().vmLibrary();

and then compare vm with "libdvm.so" or "libart.so" to check if it is Dalvik or ART.

Reference: https://gitorious.org/cyandreamproject/android_frameworks_base/commit/4c3f1e9e30948113b47068152027676172743eb1