Function getprop

Lib/platform.py:589–599

(name, default)

            system_property_get.argtypes = (c_char_p, c_char_p)

            def getprop(name, default):
                # https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bionic/+/refs/tags/android-5.0.0_r1/libc/include/sys/system_properties.h#39
                PROP_VALUE_MAX = 92
                buffer = create_string_buffer(PROP_VALUE_MAX)
                length = system_property_get(name.encode("UTF-8"), buffer)
                if length == 0:
                    # This API doesn’t distinguish between an empty property and
                    # a missing one.
                    return default
                else:
                    return buffer.value.decode("UTF-8", "backslashreplace")

            release = getprop("ro.build.version.release", release)
            api_level = int(getprop("ro.build.version.sdk", api_level))