How to get the version of the Linux kernel using Android?

Question

How can I get the version of the Linux kernel in an Android application?

Answer 1

Not 100% sure, but I think calling "uname -r" would require root access. There is anyways a less dirty way to do this, which is :

System.getProperty("os.version");

I found this information here : http://cb1991.blogspot.com/2011/03/android-code-to-get-kernel-version.html