How to determine which platform the current app is running on in LibGDX?

Question

I need to offer slightly different app logic depending on the deployment platform my LibGDX app is running on, i.e. Desktop or Android, etc., does the LibGDX API offer a method of identifying the current runtime platform?

This post, "abstracting platform specific code in libGDX" offers a solution of sorts, I'm just wondering if there is something directly available in the API itself (?).

Answer 1

You could potentially use Application#getType(), which will return one of the values defined by Application.ApplicationType:

• Android
• Applet
• Desktop
• iOS
• WebGL

Answer 2

If people are having trouble figuring out where you actually get the ApplicationType from, it's accessed from:

Gdx.app.getType()

And for a working example this would do:

if(Gdx.app.getType() == ApplicationType.iOS) {
    //Do awesome stuff for iOS here
}