[robinShazam]

How do i get the version of the device software? For example, i am after a string or byte[] that would report "4.2.0" or "4.2.1", etc for the device. I can get the platform version, e.g. 2.6.0.40, but that is not what i am after.

Thanks for your time.

[remaerdlacidar]

DeviceInfo.getSoftwareVersion()

[dukejuno]

Wirelessly posted

ALT+EACE

[robinShazam]

Originally Posted by remaerdlacidar

DeviceInfo.getSoftwareVersion()

Ah thx. This appears to have been added in 4.3 - is there a way to get the software version prior to 4.3? Just curious!

[remaerdlacidar]

You could try DeviceInfo.getOSVersion()

[jwb]

Originally Posted by robinShazam

How do i get the version of the device software? For example, i am after a string or byte[] that would report "4.2.0" or "4.2.1", etc for the device. I can get the platform version, e.g. 2.6.0.40, but that is not what i am after.

I do it this way, which works with OS < 4.3 also. I get the version of the ribbon application, and trim off the fourth minor version number, if any. Because the simulator doesn't report a version for the ribbon, I just insert 4.2.1 for the sim.

String ver = null;

ApplicationManager appMan
= ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager();

ApplicationDescriptor[] appDes
        = appMan.getVisibleApplications();

//check for the version of a standard
//RIM app. I like to use the ribbon
//app but you can check the version
//of any RIM module as they will all
//be the same.

// Also, **** RIM with a chainsaw.
int size = appDes.length;

for (int i = 0; i < size; i++){
        if ((appDes[i].getModuleName()).equals("net_rim_bb_ribbon_app")) {
                ver = appDes[i].getVersion();
                break;
        }
}

if (null == ver || ver.equals(""))
        ver = "4.2.1"; // wild guess

int dots = 0;
int dotindex = 0;
while (-1 != (dotindex = ver.indexOf('.', dotindex))) {
        dots++;
        dotindex++;
}

while (dots > 2) {
        ver = ver.substring(0, ver.lastIndexOf('.'));
        dots--;
}

I know, it seems convoluted, but it's battle-tested.

[robinShazam]

Very cool idea, thx for sharing.

I can force our 4.2.0 client to report 4.2.0 (obviously), our 4.3+ client can access getSoftwareVersion so no probs there, and our middle client (4.2.1+ for wi-fi) can guess it is on a 4.2.1 device although it might be on a 4.2.2 but it is no big deal.