How to know whether my App is running on Bluestacks?

Question

I'm working on a special version of my App which should run in Bluestacks. It's a windows/mac application which allows to run Android apps on the computer.

I would like to implement special behaviour when the app runs in Bluestacks. Nothing complicated, maybe showing a dialog or disabling some buttons.

But for that purpose I need to know whether the app is running on a Bluestacks device. I checked the device model (Build.MODEL) and manufacturer (Build.MANUFACTURER), but I get that the device is a Samsung GT i900.

Does someone know an unambiguous way to know whether an app is running on Bluestacks?

I know it´s rather a quite localized question, but it would be fine if I get some ideas about where to look at, or what to try.

Answer 1

Try this:

/**
* Returns true if device is Android port to x86
 */
public static boolean isx86Port()
{
    String kernelVersion = System.getProperty("os.version");
    if(kernelVersion != null && kernelVersion.contains("x86")) // for BlueStacks returns "2.6.38-android-x86+"
        return true;
    return false;
}

Answer 2

try below code:
File test = new File("/data/Bluestacks.prop"); boolean isRunningInBluestacks = test.exists();