Get Android API level of phone currently running my application
Check android.os.Build.VERSION, which is a static class that holds various pieces of information about the Android OS a system is running.
If you care about all versions possible (back to original Android version), as in minSdkVersion is set to anything less than 4, then you will have to use android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK, which is a String that can be converted to the integer of the release.
If you are on at least API version 4 (Android 1.6 Donut), the current suggested way of getting the API level would be to check the value of android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT, which is an integer.
In either case, the integer you get maps to an enum value from all those defined in android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES:
SDK_INT value Build.VERSION_CODES Human Version Name
1 BASE Android 1.0 (no codename)
2 BASE_1_1 Android 1.1 Petit Four
3 CUPCAKE Android 1.5 Cupcake
4 DONUT Android 1.6 Donut
5 ECLAIR Android 2.0 Eclair
6 ECLAIR_0_1 Android 2.0.1 Eclair
7 ECLAIR_MR1 Android 2.1 Eclair
8 FROYO Android 2.2 Froyo
9 GINGERBREAD Android 2.3 Gingerbread
10 GINGERBREAD_MR1 Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread
11 HONEYCOMB Android 3.0 Honeycomb
12 HONEYCOMB_MR1 Android 3.1 Honeycomb
13 HONEYCOMB_MR2 Android 3.2 Honeycomb
14 ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
15 ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH_MR1 Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich
16 JELLY_BEAN Android 4.1 Jellybean
17 JELLY_BEAN_MR1 Android 4.2 Jellybean
18 JELLY_BEAN_MR2 Android 4.3 Jellybean
19 KITKAT Android 4.4 KitKat
20 KITKAT_WATCH Android 4.4 KitKat Watch
21 LOLLIPOP Android 5.0 Lollipop
22 LOLLIPOP_MR1 Android 5.1 Lollipop
23 M Android 6.0 Marshmallow
24 N Android 7.0 Nougat
25 N_MR1 Android 7.1.1 Nougat
26 O Android 8.0 Oreo
27 O_MR1 Android 8 Oreo MR1
28 P Android 9 Pie
29 Q Android 10
10000 CUR_DEVELOPMENT Current Development Version
Note that some time between Android N and O, the Android SDK began aliasing CUR_DEVELOPMENT and the developer preview of the next major Android version to be the same SDK_INT value (10000).
android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT
Here you can find the possible values: VERSION_CODES.
Integer.valueOf(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK);
Values are:
Platform Version API Level
Android 9.0 28
Android 8.1 27
Android 8.0 26
Android 7.1 25
Android 7.0 24
Android 6.0 23
Android 5.1 22
Android 5.0 21
Android 4.4W 20
Android 4.4 19
Android 4.3 18
Android 4.2 17
Android 4.1 16
Android 4.0.3 15
Android 4.0 14
Android 3.2 13
Android 3.1 12
Android 3.0 11
Android 2.3.3 10
Android 2.3 9
Android 2.2 8
Android 2.1 7
Android 2.0.1 6
Android 2.0 5
Android 1.6 4
Android 1.5 3
Android 1.1 2
Android 1.0 1
CAUTION: don't use android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT if <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" />.
You will get exception on all devices with Android 1.5 and lower because Build.VERSION.SDK_INT is since SDK 4 (Donut 1.6).