get device model name

[Smee]

Is there a way to get the device & model name of the device that is running the software?

 

[gregwa]

Yes. By using the Phone Library...

Sub GetInfo
   Dim manu As String
   Dim modl As String
   Dim prod As String
   
   manu = phone1.Manufacturer
   modl = phone1.Model
   prod = phone1.Product
   
   Log(manu & " - " & modl & " - " & prod)
   
End Sub

on my Archos tablet returns ...

archos - ARCHOS 101G9 - G9A101

 

[Smee]

Thanks for the quick reply. sorry i posted too soon. What i need is to be able to get the info without using the phone library.

I get the device id using code with the reflection library and i was hoping for a similar solution

Thanks again for your solution

 

[Erel]

Why don't you want to use the Phone library?

 

[Smee]

Why don't you want to use the Phone library?

Because of what i read here

http://www.b4x.com/forum/basic4andr...-unique-id-alternative-phoneid.html#post83638

The standard way to get a unique id is using PhoneId.GetDeviceId. However this method has several disadvantages:
- It requires the "android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" permission which is quite a sensitive permission.

 

[gregwa]

Erel would be the end all on this, but I don't think you can condemn the entire phone library because of one call. In addition, I do not believe that my example uses the Get device call.

I think you missed the part that the example was run on a tablet. In the thread you reference, it states "It doesn't work on devices without phone functionality".

IMHO, in this case I believe you are concerned about nothing. But I will defer to Erel for any corrections to my statements.

Gregwa

 

[Smee]

don't mis-understand me, i am not condemming the library as such, but why add a library if it is not really necessary. If i can get the same info with a small amount of code i would prefer to do that rather than add an entire library for 1 call. if i cannot then so be it

 

[thedesolatesoul]

Because of what i read here

http://www.b4x.com/forum/basic4andr...-unique-id-alternative-phoneid.html#post83638

You still need to add the permission, you cannot get around the permission issue with Reflection.
It is true that your code size will probably be smaller with reflection code, as you dont add the whole library (dead code into it), but remember Reflection is *much* slower than a direct library call.

 

[Smee]

ok thanks for clearing that up. Phone lib it is then

 

[gregwa]

Smee,
You do bring up a valid question here and one that I will have to bow to others, like Erel, with more B4A knowledge than I have at this moment.

In python, it is usually suggested you don't do

import sys

just to get the exit routine. It is better to do something like this

from sys import exit

because of the fact that every routine is brought in when you use the "import everything" syntax.

Now, I can fumble my way through Java kinda like I can fumble my way through spanish (muy malo).

Maybe someone can discuss the ramifications of importing an entire library when only one (or three) call(s) are used.

I can, however, tell you that the sample code that I provided yesterday does not show the phone permissions when you look at the app under Settings | Apps. The App memory usage shows 632KB from there as well. If I remove the calls and the Phone library, it shows the memory usage is only 560KB. The APK without the phone library is 239K compared to 260K.

So, you need to be the judge. Is 72KB in memory enough to force you to find a way to write your own routines?

For me, under "normal" circumstances, it isn't.

 

[Smee]

I quite agree. However the size inflates every time a lib is used for just one call.

Thanks for your input and code

 

[Erel]

Phone object from the Phone library doesn't need any permission. It is important to remember that permissions are only added when needed. If you add an object of type PhoneId then (and only then) the permission will be added.