Android: Determine if running in emulator

if ("1".equals(SystemProperties.get("ro.kernel.qemu")) {
    // Emulator
}

5 thoughts on “Android: Determine if running in emulator”

mx123mobile says:

22. November 2009 at 19:40

android 2.0 is great

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simon says:

30. January 2011 at 7:51

i dont see a class called SystemProperties in android, and don’t see that property in System.getProperty()… where do you get this property?

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admin says:

31. January 2011 at 21:58

This post could be clearer. It seems that SystemProperties is now available via the public API, i.e. you can only use it if you’re building against the actual source files, which you shouldn’t do unless you are building a custom Android.

You can try to exec “getprop” though:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2641111/where-is-android-os-systemproperties

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Alex says:

19. February 2011 at 13:59

if(android.os.Build.MODEL.equals(“google_sdk”)){
// emulator
}else{
//not emulator
}

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Ted says:

28. July 2011 at 22:37

boolean inEmulator = “generic”.equals(Build.BRAND);

(Note that Build.MODEL is not “google_sdk” for Google’s Cupcake emulator (it’s “sdk”), and it’s other things for 3-rd party emulators (like Samsung’s Galaxy Tab and Sony Erikson’s EDK).

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