hm... looks like I should use this -- http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/reflect/Field.html
also, I don't think a try/catch will work - the java pre-verifier will choke before it gets to running it... eh? On Nov 11, 11:54 am, sdphil <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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". > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > Android App Developer Training:http://commonsware.com/training -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
