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theDarkerHorse
theDarkerHorse

Reputation: 111

what is the difference between System.getProperty("somestring") vs SystemProperties.get("somestring") in android?

what is the difference between

System.getProperty("somestring")

vs

SystemProperties.get("somestring")

in android?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1234

Answers (1)

ephemient
ephemient

Reputation: 204798

android.os.SystemProperties interacts with the Android properties system - some keys have completely static values defined in /system/build.prop (such as ro.build.id), some represent system settings (such as persist.sys.timezone), and some are dynamic (such as sys.powerctl which can be written to reboot). These are the same values you can access via adb shell propget and adb shell propset. This interface is not part of the public API.

java.util.System is a public Java interface. Java system properties include keys such as java.io.tmpdir and user.home, which are expected by common Java code. They are not related to Android's system properties.

Upvotes: 2

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