Kivy + PyJnius check android version

Question

Is there any way to get the android version (4 or 5 or 6 or 7) directly from python or pyjnius?

If so, could anyone make an example?

I tried kivy.platform but it only tells me if it is android or not and using platform.release from python gives me the linux version

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '17 at 18:08

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You can use pyjnius to retrieve the version via the Java API, as described e.g. here.

answered Jun 13 '17 at 18:08

inclement

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 22 '17 at 15:20

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You can use my module from here (On page click download > Only file) and put downloaded file into folder with your kivy project. Add to your .py file:

import PyAndroid

Now you can use:

print(PyAndroid.android_version())

To print android version or

print(PyAndroid.android_name())

To print android name

For all functions you can read documentation.

I hope I helped :D

answered Jun 22 '17 at 15:20

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This project web-site is now dead. The code is still available on [PyPi](https://pypi.org/project/PyAndroid/), but there is no documentation and no support. Spoiler: It looks in a file called "/system/build.prop" for the entries for "ro.build.version.release" and "ro.build.version.sdk". Please consider reviewing and refactoring the code before including it in a project. – Oddthinking Jul 11 '20 at 15:57
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@Oddthinking Yes, I know. I was working on this project back when I was 11 years old. Now it's obsolete (android permissions changed since then and now non-root user in some android versions doesn't even have rights to read file /system/build.prop). I will keep this "project" on PyPi because it may be useful for someone but for now it doesn't have any practical usage. BTW thanks for your attention ;) – olokelo Jul 14 '20 at 09:00

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 11 '20 at 18:40

I had the same question. I wanted to know the version to decide whether to reference a particular class which didn't exist in versions earlier than SDK 23.

Then I realised there was a better way.

try:
    AudioFocusRequest = autoclass('android.media.AudioFocusRequest')
except jnius.JavaException:
    # Not available on earlier versions of Android.
    AudioFocusRequest = None

Now, I don't need to know what the version actually is, and there won't be any bugs where I get the threshold values wrong. I just check whether the AutoFocusRequest exists before I use it.

Kivy + PyJnius check android version

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