How detect the device type programmatically whether tablet or mobile

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I need to show different notification to the user if he/she is using tablet against that of mobile. So is there any way to detect whether the device is tablet or mobile.

You can look at the screen size and or the api version. Would recommend screen size as api 4.0 works for both phones and tablets. — Warpzit, Dec 16 '11 at 14:32

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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You can see below post

https://stackoverflow.com/a/11330947/1441666

public static boolean isTablet(Context context) {
    return (context.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout
            & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK)
            >= Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_LARGE;
}

which will return true if the device is operating on a large screen.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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answered Jul 30 '12 at 06:24

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This will not work if the device is a smartphone but has a large screen. – user210504 Oct 18 '12 at 20:44

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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Here is a link to how you get the screen densities: Get screen dimensions in pixels

You'll then do something like this if(screen > comparevalue) then we have tablet, else phone.

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answered Dec 16 '11 at 14:33

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 04 '15 at 06:06

protected String getDeviceType() {
boolean status = (context.getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout
            & Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK)
            >= Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_LARGE;
if (status)
        return "Mobile";
    else
        return "Tablet";
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 16 '11 at 14:43

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Another way to detect is to detect the Android version Check the variable android.os.Build.VERSION, honeycomb devices are tablets 2.x devices are phones or tablets.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION.html

answered Dec 16 '11 at 14:43

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Yes but this will be flawed in the long run as 4.0 works for tablets as well. Screen size would be the right way to go :) – Warpzit Dec 16 '11 at 19:01
Phones now run 4.0+ as well as tablets. – don Sep 17 '13 at 17:12

How detect the device type programmatically whether tablet or mobile

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