Android Device Names

A small Android library to get the market name of an Android device.

On many popular devices the market name of the device is not available. For example, on the Samsung Galaxy S6 the value of Build.MODEL could be "SM-G920F", "SM-G920I", or "SM-G920W8".

This small library gets the market (consumer friendly) name of a device.

Usage

Get the name of the current device:

String deviceName = DeviceName.getDeviceName();

The above code will get the correct device name for the top 600 Android devices. If the device is unrecognized, then Build.MODEL is returned. This can be executed from the UI thread.

Get the name of a device using the device's codename:

// Retruns "Moto X Style"
DeviceName.getDeviceName("clark", "Unknown device");

Get information about the device:

DeviceName.with(context).request(new DeviceName.Callback() {

  @Override public void onFinished(DeviceName.DeviceInfo info, Exception error) {
    String manufacturer = info.manufacturer;  // "Samsung"
    String name = info.marketName;            // "Galaxy S6 Edge"
    String model = info.model;                // "SM-G925I"
    String codename = info.codename;          // "zerolte"
    String deviceName = info.getName();       // "Galaxy S6 Edge"
    // FYI: We are on the UI thread.
  }
});

The above code loads JSON from a generated list of device names based on Google's maintained list. It will be up-to-date with Google's supported device list so that you will get the correct name for new or unknown devices. This supports over 10,000 devices.

This will only make a network call once. The value is saved to SharedPreferences for future calls.

Download

Download the latest AAR or grab via Gradle:

compile 'com.jaredrummler:android-device-names:1.0.7'

Or simply copy the DeviceName class intro your project, update the package declaration, and you are good to go.

Alternative libraries

• AndroidDeviceNames by tslamic
  • Smaller library but only supports 400 devices.

Apps using this library

• Root Check

License

Copyright (C) 2015. Jared Rummler

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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