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Created March 23, 2011 19:33
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A better way to get a system property.
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AndroidGetSystemProp.java
public static String getSystemProp(String key) throws Exception {
Class<?> c = Class.forName("android.os.SystemProperties");
Class<?>[] types = new Class[] {String.class};
Method method = c.getMethod("get", types);
return (String) method.invoke(null, new Object[] {key});
}
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Reflection was used because Runtime.getRuntime().exec("getprop " + key) some times causes lock. Also, framework's SystemProperties class is not published in SDK.

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