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Reputation: 1193

Mobile or Simulator at runtime

I want to enable a logger service only when I'm running on a real android\iOS device. Is it possible to know if I'm running with a android\iOS simulator or a real device at run time in core project level?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 101

Answers (1)

MilanG
MilanG

Reputation: 2604

Create an Interface in the Core project:

public interface IDevicePlatform 
{ 
    bool IsSimulator(); 
}

iOS DependencyService Registration/Implementation:

public class Platform_iOS : IDevicePlatform 
{  
    public IsSimulator() 
    { 
        return ObjCRuntime.Runtime.Arch == ObjCRuntime.Arch.SIMULATOR;
    }
}

Android DependencyService Registration/Implementation:

public class Platform_Android : IDevicePlatform 
{ 
    public bool IsSimulator() 
    { 
        if (Build.Fingerprint != null) 
        { 
            if (Build.Fingerprint.Contains("vbox") ||  Build.Fingerprint.Contains("generic") || Build.Fingerprint.Contains("vsemu"))
                return true; 
        } 
        return false; 
    }
}

Call it in Core as:

bool isSimulator = DependencyService.Get<IDevicePlatform>().IsSimulator();
if(isSimulator)
{
    //You are running on the Simulator
}
else
{
    //You are running on the real device
}

NOTE: iOS implementation is straight forward while, Android is a wide world, so, apart from above simple android implementation, also have a look at SushiHangover's Answer

Upvotes: 2

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