universum.studios.android.device

Class DeviceUtils

java.lang.Object

universum.studios.android.device.DeviceUtils

public final class DeviceUtils
extends Object

Utility class that may be used to check whether the Android device is tablet or not via isTablet(Context).

Author:

Martin Albedinsky

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	PHABLET Identifier for PHABLET type of Android powered device.
static int	PHONE Identifier for PHONE type of Android powered device.
static int	TABLET Identifier for TABLET type of Android powered device.
static int	TELEVISION Identifier for TELEVISION type of Android powered device.
static int	UNKNOWN Identifier for UNKNOWN type of Android powered device.
static int	WEARABLE Identifier for WEARABLE type of Android powered device.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	isTablet(android.content.Context context) Checks whether the current Android device matches tablet specifications or not.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

UNKNOWN

public static final int UNKNOWN

Identifier for UNKNOWN type of Android powered device.

Constant value: 0

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Constant Field Values

PHONE

public static final int PHONE

Identifier for PHONE type of Android powered device.

Constant value: 1

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Constant Field Values

PHABLET

public static final int PHABLET

Identifier for PHABLET type of Android powered device.

Constant value: 2

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Constant Field Values

TABLET

public static final int TABLET

Identifier for TABLET type of Android powered device.

Constant value: 3

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Constant Field Values

TELEVISION

public static final int TELEVISION

Identifier for TELEVISION type of Android powered device.

Constant value: 4

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Constant Field Values

WEARABLE

public static final int WEARABLE

Identifier for WEARABLE type of Android powered device.

Constant value: 5

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Method Detail

isTablet

public static boolean isTablet(android.content.Context context)

Checks whether the current Android device matches tablet specifications or not.

Note, that this information is only approximate and shouldn't be used for core logic of any application.

Checked specifications:

• Screen.getDefaultOrientation()
• Screen.getType()
• Screen.getDiagonalDistanceInInches()
• Screen.getDensity()

Returns:

True if the current Android device matches tablet specifications, false otherwise.