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

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

Answer 1

Both the following are set to "google_sdk":

Build.PRODUCT
Build.MODEL

So it should be enough to use either one of the following lines.

"google_sdk".equals(Build.MODEL)

or

"google_sdk".equals(Build.PRODUCT)

Answer 2

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;

    }

Answer 3

Don't know if there are better ways to detect the emu, but the emulator will have the file init.goldfish.rc in the root-directory.

It's the emulator specific startup-script, and it shouldn't be there on a non-emulator build.

Answer 4

Put a file in the file system of the emulator; since the file won't exist on the real device, this should be stable, reliable and easy to fix when it breaks.

Answer 5

Based on hints from other answers, this is probably the most robust way:

isEmulator = "goldfish".equals(Build.HARDWARE)

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.