Android Kernel Version
How can I get the version of the Linux kernel in an Android application?
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Not 100% sure, but I think calling 'uname -r' would require root access. There is anyways a less dirty way to do this, which is :
I found this information here : http://cb1991.blogspot.com/2011/03/android-code-to-get-kernel-version.html
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If you want the full Kernel version has shown in Android about phone, this is the file to parse:/proc/version
Here is an extract of Android source code that retrieves the actual kernel version string:
Invoke uname -r and read its output from stdout. It shouldn't be too complicated. The output is just the version number.
Assuming you write Java code (as far as I know Android Apps are written in Java), this might help you: http://www.java-tips.org/java-se-tips/java.lang/how-to-execute-a-command-from-code.html
If you are doing this from an app, this will give you the kernel version string:
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Is there a list of which kernel version comes in each Android AOSP version?
Or lets say, which version /proc/version would spit out.
Robert SiemerRobert Siemer1 Answer
Table compiled from:
Note: other “distributions” of Android might run different kernel versions.
Anyone is welcome to correct and expand this table. Please keep formatting.
OEMs tend to ship their major Android updates with a similar kernel to the one the device was initially released with. This is most likely to avoid hardware and driver incompatibility issues with a newer kernel. For example, a device that has been updated to run Android 8.0 Oreo but originally shipped with 6.0 Marshmallow may still be running Linux 3.18.x instead of Linux 4.10.x.
According to a 2017 article on XDA-Developers (shortened):
One aspect that has been up to the OEM is the Linux kernel version but this is changing with Android Oreo.
As long as the OEM was able to pass the certification tests that Google lays out, then they didn’t care what kernel version was used in a new device. This generally wasn’t an issue as most OEMs would use the same version of the kernel for that generation that other OEMs were using, as it is tied heavily to what the hardware drivers support. However, some had been falling through the cracks and this started to cause security issues. This is something that Google has been taking seriously lately so it makes sense that they would want to start mandating this.
Starting this year with smartphones which ship with Android Oreo, Google is requiring that all SoCs productized in 2017 must launch with kernel 4.4 or newer.
Currently existing devices that are upgraded to Android Oreo are only required to run kernel version 3.18 or newer, and will not have to be upgraded to support Project Treble.
More technical and recent information available directly from the AOSP website: https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/kernel/modular-kernels#core-kernel-requirements
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