I want to check within my app whether the device runs the latest version of Android.
Is there a way to do that?
Yes, I could update my app once a year, but I would rather solve that problem technically.
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The [minimum `targetSdkVersion`](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/113469#targetsdk) goes up every year, so you should be doing updates every year anyways. – ianhanniballake Jun 14 '19 at 03:25
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5Unless you want to create a webservice that publishes the version number of the latest Android and query it, no. There's no way to no without a service publishing it what the latest Android is. And even if you did, nobody ships stock Android- they all cherry pick additions and all use different minor build releases. So you could at most know if it was the right major version – Gabe Sechan Jun 14 '19 at 03:29
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Why do you even want to do this? – John Dvorak Jun 14 '19 at 03:49
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Try to add this and check
String androidOS = Build.VERSION.RELEASE;
And also following method will work
int version = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
String company = Build.MANUFACTURER;
String model = Build.MODEL;
String release = Build.VERSION.RELEASE;
Log.e("TAG", "company " + company)
Log.e("TAG", "model " + model)
Log.e("TAG", "version " + version)
Log.e("TAG", "release " + release)
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`Build.VERSION.RELEASE` I think this will just give current user version as string – Manohar Jun 14 '19 at 04:24
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how does it determine if you're running the latest version of Android or not? – kamyar haqqani Jun 14 '19 at 04:25
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it can be done by getting the version of the os by the above method and comparing it with the latest version – Udara Abeythilake Jun 14 '19 at 06:34
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1@Udara Abeythilake i understand that; but this code does only one part of the job. how do we obtain the latest Android version in code? – kamyar haqqani Jun 14 '19 at 09:11
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Comment from Gabe Sechan:
Unless you want to create a webservice that publishes the version number of the latest Android and query it, no. There's no way to no without a service publishing it what the latest Android is. And even if you did, nobody ships stock Android- they all cherry pick additions and all use different minor build releases. So you could at most know if it was the right major version
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