Check for Android TV box

Question

I'm trying to differentiate between Android smartphones, tablets and TV box. Is there any way to check that on which device type app is running ?

Answer 1

Yes, you can use following method to detect type of device :

1. Add a bool in dimension's files to detect Tablet :

Add this line in sw720dp/dimens.xml & sw600dp/dimens.xml

<bool name="isTablet">true</bool>

And in values/dimens.xml. make it false :

<bool name="isTablet">false</bool>

2. Add this method, and use booleans to detect type :

   boolean isTablet;
   boolean isAndroidTv;
   
   isTablet = (context.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK) >= Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_XLARGE;
   if (!isTablet) {
       isTablet = context.getResources().getBoolean(R.bool.isTablet);
   }
   
   UiModeManager uiModeManager = (UiModeManager) (context.getSystemService(UI_MODE_SERVICE));
   if (uiModeManager.getCurrentModeType() == Configuration.UI_MODE_TYPE_TELEVISION) {
       isAndroidTv = true;
   
   } else if (context.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_TELEVISION) || context.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_LEANBACK)) {
       isAndroidTv = true;
   } else if (!context.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature("android.hardware.touchscreen")) {
       isAndroidTv = true;
   } else if (!context.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature("android.hardware.telephony")) {
       isAndroidTv = true;
   }