Progmatically check if device is a Phone or tablet

RFI Bill · May 1, 2012

Hey there!

Was wanting to know if there is a way to check whether the current device is a Phone or Tablet, more precisely - if the device has the ability to send/Receive SMS.

Im writing an app for tablet and i would idealistically like to not have to create a whole new app just for a phone device.

Cheers!

rfresh · May 2, 2012

B4X:

Dim p As Phone
Dim mType as String
mType = p.GetPhoneType 'if == NONE this device has no phone

NJDude · May 2, 2012

You can try:

B4X:

Dim p As Phone

MsgBox("Network Type = " & p.GetNetworkType, "") 'Non-phone devices will display UNKNOWN

Some "clone" devices might have PhoneType setup.

RFI Bill · May 2, 2012

Very much appreciated!

Smee · May 2, 2012

what about checking the screen size? is this possible?

Erel · May 2, 2012

See my answer here: device type

merlin2049er · Sep 14, 2014

RFI Bill said:
Hey there!

Was wanting to know if there is a way to check whether the current device is a Phone or Tablet, more precisely - if the device has the ability to send/Receive SMS.

Im writing an app for tablet and i would idealistically like to not have to create a whole new app just for a phone device.

Cheers!

How about just checking to see if the device has a SIM card?

merlin2049er · Sep 14, 2014

Is there anything equivalent to a telephony manager?

B4X:

https://sites.google.com/site/androidhowto/how-to-1/check-if-sim-card-exists-in-the-phone

keirS · Sep 14, 2014

merlin2049er said:
Is there anything equivalent to a telephony manager?

B4X:

https://sites.google.com/site/androidhowto/how-to-1/check-if-sim-card-exists-in-the-phone

B4X:

Dim r As Reflector
r.Target = r.GetContext
r.Target = r.runMethod2("getSystemService","phone","java.lang.String")
Log(r.RunMethod("getSimState"))

This will tell you if there is a SIM in the device. That doesn't tell you if its a phone or a tablet though as a phone may be CDMA only and a tablet may have a sim card for 3G/4G data.

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