oh, cool, thanks.
I see this sample --
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html
but it is doing it for a method, as opposed to a static final constant
like i want.
also, could I just put a try/catch around it and return "unknown" if
an exception was thrown?
-phil
On Nov 11, 11:43 am, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> sdphil wrote:
> > i want to use --
> > android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER
>
> > but it is not available in 1.5. i went to do this then --
> > public static String getMfg() {
> > if (compareVersion(android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE, "1.6") >= 0) {
> > return android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER;
> > }
> > return "unknown";
> > }
>
> > but that does not work. as soon as I try to run the app, it crashes
> > because it's trying to get at that before checking he conditional. so
> > what's the best strategy for dealing with this?
>
> Reflection. If you are on 1.6+, use reflection to get at the value. If
> you are on 1.5, return "unknown".
>
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