Programmatically Obtain the Android API Level of a Device

Get Android API level of phone currently running my application

Check android.os.Build.VERSION, which is a static class that holds various pieces of information about the Android OS a system is running.

If you care about all versions possible (back to original Android version), as in minSdkVersion is set to anything less than 4, then you will have to use android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK, which is a String that can be converted to the integer of the release.

If you are on at least API version 4 (Android 1.6 Donut), the current suggested way of getting the API level would be to check the value of android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT, which is an integer.

In either case, the integer you get maps to an enum value from all those defined in android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES:

SDK_INT value        Build.VERSION_CODES        Human Version Name       
    1                  BASE                      Android 1.0 (no codename)
    2                  BASE_1_1                  Android 1.1 Petit Four
    3                  CUPCAKE                   Android 1.5 Cupcake
    4                  DONUT                     Android 1.6 Donut
    5                  ECLAIR                    Android 2.0 Eclair
    6                  ECLAIR_0_1                Android 2.0.1 Eclair                  
    7                  ECLAIR_MR1                Android 2.1 Eclair
    8                  FROYO                     Android 2.2 Froyo
    9                  GINGERBREAD               Android 2.3 Gingerbread
   10                  GINGERBREAD_MR1           Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread
   11                  HONEYCOMB                 Android 3.0 Honeycomb
   12                  HONEYCOMB_MR1             Android 3.1 Honeycomb
   13                  HONEYCOMB_MR2             Android 3.2 Honeycomb
   14                  ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH        Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
   15                  ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH_MR1    Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich
   16                  JELLY_BEAN                Android 4.1 Jellybean
   17                  JELLY_BEAN_MR1            Android 4.2 Jellybean
   18                  JELLY_BEAN_MR2            Android 4.3 Jellybean
   19                  KITKAT                    Android 4.4 KitKat
   20                  KITKAT_WATCH              Android 4.4 KitKat Watch
   21                  LOLLIPOP                  Android 5.0 Lollipop
   22                  LOLLIPOP_MR1              Android 5.1 Lollipop
   23                  M                         Android 6.0 Marshmallow
   24                  N                         Android 7.0 Nougat
   25                  N_MR1                     Android 7.1.1 Nougat
   26                  O                         Android 8.0 Oreo
   27                  O_MR1                     Android 8 Oreo MR1
   28                  P                         Android 9 Pie
   29                  Q                         Android 10
  10000                CUR_DEVELOPMENT           Current Development Version

Note that some time between Android N and O, the Android SDK began aliasing CUR_DEVELOPMENT and the developer preview of the next major Android version to be the same SDK_INT value (10000).

How to check API level of device and use Actionbar if API is 11 or higher?

To remove this warning you need to tell the IDE you are aware that the methods/fileds/classes you use are available since later SDK than your minimum supported. This is done via @TargetApi annotation. In your case @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) annotated method or the whole class.

Important: This will only remove the warning, you still have to ensure that these methods do NOT get called on devices where they don't exist.

Get Samsung KNOX api version on old devices like Jelly Bean

Preferred method: Get API Level as int

The documentation on EnterpriseDeviceManager.getAPILevel(); is wrong about the API level "Since: Knox API Level 24"!

EnterpriseDeviceManager.getAPILevel(); does actually work on old devices like the Samsung Galaxy Camera NX with Android 4.2.2 (returns 7) and Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 (returns 9) when using the backward compatibility library of KNOX (Knox SDK Support Library for Old Namespace Translation)!

Alternative method: Testing for methods

That's how we ended up testing for the KNOX Api level on old devices.

We looked for methods and classes in their documentation that only exist in certain API levels:

None of the virtual devices in android studio offer api 31, how can i run my code if i selected the api as =31?

I don't know why it not showing on your device, But on my device Manager, it properly shows up to 32, and Tiramisu. See the below image. First, try to Refresh, if more API 31,32 not show then follow my second step.

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2nd - If you do not find your API level in the Recommended area, Just click on Other Images as below image

You can see all of an API levels here. If problem not solved yet, let me know

How can I check the system version of Android?

Check android.os.Build.VERSION.

• CODENAME: The current development codename, or the string "REL" if this is a release build.
• INCREMENTAL: The internal value used by the underlying source control to represent this build.
• RELEASE: The user-visible version string.

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