Get Android OS version of device connected via ADB

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Android Problem Overview

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

Android Solutions

Solution 1 - Android

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

Solution 2 - Android

I know , you already got the correct solution , & here is my solution only for additional information.

You will get every details by cat ing the /system/build.prop file like

adb shell cat /system/build.prop

Here is collection of adb commands

Solution 3 - Android

For all properties:

adb shell getprop
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