Android Question Detect if real device or emulator

It's a bit complicated since some emulators, e.g. Genymotion, try to behave and look like real devices.

Here's a summary of what can be checked (in Java):
http://stackoverflow.com/a/32664737

What's the purpose of such a distinction?

I have a licensing method based on IMEI.
Need to be sure that code is unique and doesn't change.
On genymotion it seems stable but I can't be sure it's unique. On Andywin sometimes it changes.
Besides this, I need to change some app features when running on emulator.
I was looking to brand and model but of course there is not a unique rule in different emulator.

you can also use hardware and Fingerprint - may be you have to combine modell, hardware and fingerprint, to get it all
-> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...ndroid-application-is-running-in-the-emulator

marcick said:

I have a licensing method based on IMEI.

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You're going to exclude all devices that have no IMEI (e.g. most tablets). Is it voluntary?

The app requires telephony, but that's not the point. If I can detect when it runs on emulator I can license it and let it to behave differently with limited functionality.