Question

I have a purely native Android NDK app, and need to retrieve values such as:
android.os.Build.MODEL

Unfortunately I cannot find good examples of how to go about this?

Answer 1

The NDK isn’t meant to replace the Java based API but to supplement it. To get Build you’ll have to find its private implementation in C/C++ or provide the information from Java via JNI.

Pseudo Code:

android_main(struct *android_app){
    JNIEnv *env = android_app->activity->env;
    jclass build_class = FindClass(env, "android.os.Build");
    jfieldID brand_id = GetStaticFieldID(env, build_class, "BRAND", "Ljava/lang/String;");
    jstring brand_obj = (jstring)GetStaticObjectField(env, brand_id);
}