How to find the Android version name programmatically?

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As suggested earlier, reflection seems to be the key to this question. The StringBuilder and extra formatting is not required, it was added only to illustrate usage.

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
...

StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
builder.append("android : ").append(Build.VERSION.RELEASE);

Field[] fields = Build.VERSION_CODES.class.getFields();
for (Field field : fields) {
    String fieldName = field.getName();
    int fieldValue = -1;

    try {
        fieldValue = field.getInt(new Object());
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    if (fieldValue == Build.VERSION.SDK_INT) {
        builder.append(" : ").append(fieldName).append(" : ");
        builder.append("sdk=").append(fieldValue);
    }
}

Log.d(LOG_TAG, "OS: " + builder.toString());

On my 4.1 emulator, I get this output:

D/MainActivity( 1551): OS: android : 4.1.1 : JELLY_BEAN : sdk=16

Enjoy!

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