对于 Android 库，有没有办法检测宿主 Android 应用程序是 beta 测试版本还是生产版本

Question

I'm building an android SDK/library.

In the library I want to know whether app is either

• running on simulator
• physical device
• whether it's in beta testing on google play
• or it's product build

Based on my knowledge, I can only detect simulator vs physical based on some checks on Build class values. And there is no way for library to know about beta testing vs production unless the developer of the app using the library provides that information via a public API

Could someone confirm this limitation OR provide some insights if there is a way to do this ?

Reason is to route API calls and data to a particular endpoint so various data doesn't end up skewing production data.

I can do that via different API Keys for all for cases, but that's off the limits right now.

Answer 1

I don't think its possible for a third-party library/SDK such as yours to know how, where, or when any developer is running in a testing/QA/production environment. Any real device could be for development or production.

Even for the primary app developer deploying to the Google Play Store there are limited options for track detection as Is it possible to detect that an android app is either a beta version or production version? shows.

I agree with you that if there are Development/QA/Production restrictions (ie your backend services) you'll need to provide a public API of some kind to your library to select the appropriate one as you've excluded different API keys.

Sadly you'll also have to be prepared that developers will release your library in the wrong state into production causing other business related effects (production data going to QA or the opposite).