Get Android OS version of device connected via ADB

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You will get every details by cat ing the /system/build.prop file like

adb shell cat /system/build.prop

Here is collection of adb commands

For all properties:

adb shell getprop

To get Android version you can use:

adb shell getprop ro.build.version.release

to get API level:

adb shell getprop ro.build.version.sdk

You can see all available properties with this command:

adb shell getprop

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