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Get Android OS version of device connected via ADB

Can one use adb or adb shell commands to get attached emulator/device OS info, i.e. API version?

Solution

  • To get Android version you can use:

    adb shell getprop ro.build.version.release

    To get API level:

    adb shell getprop ro.build.version.sdk

    You can see all available properties with this command:

    adb shell getprop