how to check if app is running on android tv or android phone?

Question

I am working on an universal app for Android TV and Android phone,
Is there any way we can programmatically check if app is running on android TV or android phone ?

Check [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/6767330/995926). — rekire, Feb 11 '14 at 07:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 11 '14 at 07:53

I'd recommend checking if the device has a touch screen:

getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature("android.hardware.touchscreen");

Note however, that this is not guaranteed to work on all devices, as some manufactures don't implement it correctly in their ROMs.

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