How to Check a Device's MX Version

EMDK For Android 6.4

Overview

The version of MX on a device is a factor in determining if certain settings will be supported. There are a few ways that you can determine the version that is installed:

  • Manually using the Settings UI
  • From application code at runtime using the EMDK
  • Submitting XML using the MX CSP
  • Using ADB

Using the Settings UI

The version of MX on a Zebra Android KitKat device you can visually look in the Settings UI to determine the MX version installed:

Note: This is only available on KitKat 4.4+ or later versions of Zebra Android devices.

  1. Open the Settings application in the list of applications

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  2. Select About Phone

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  3. Select SW Components

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  4. Inspect the OSX item

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  5. In the below example the version that is installed is 4.4.2

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Using APIs

If your application needs to determine the version of MX installed on a device at run time, then you can use a the VersionManager EMDK for Android API.


// Get an instance of VersionManager
versionManager = (VersionManager) EMDKManager.getInstance(EMDKManager.FEATURE_TYPE.VERSION);

// Use the getVersion method passing in the version_Type.mx enum
mxVersion = versionManager.getVersion(VERSION_TYPE.MX)

Using ADB

The version of MX can also be obtained by using an adb shell command

$ adb shell getprop

The output will need to be filtered using something like grep. If the device is considered to be rebranded to Zebra Technologies then ro.symbol.osx.version should be used:

$ adb shell getprop | grep ro.symbol.osx.version
[ro.symbol.osx.version]: [QC_OSX_4.4-3]

The above device has MX version 4.4 on it. The hypen 3 is merely a patch release that has been applied.

On legacy Motorola Solutions branded devices, ro.motosln.enterprise.version should be used:

$ adb shell getprop | grep ro.motosln.enterprise.version
[ro.motosln.enterprise.version]: [MX_TI4AJ.1.1_3.5.1-1]

The above device has MX version 1.1 on it.