getprop: abi vs abilist

Asked Jun 21 '22 at 16:57

Active Jun 22 '22 at 05:01

Viewed 488 times

I was reading this blog post on determining the supported ABIs for a phone. It said that, prior to Lollipop, the command is

getprop ro.product.cpu.abi

whereas, after Lollipop, it's

getprop ro.product.cpu.abilist

My phone is running Android 11 and I note that both properties are supported by getprop. Specifically, abi is arm64-v8a and abilist is arm64-v8a,armeabi-v7a,armeabi.

Is the support on post-Lollipop devices for getprop ro.product.cpu.abi just for backwards compatibility and, hence, abi is just returning the first item in abilist or does the abi value hold more significance?

edited Jun 22 '22 at 05:01

Andrew T.

15,988
10
74
123

asked Jun 21 '22 at 16:57

Daniel Walker

Most likely, yes it is for compatibility. – Robert Jun 21 '22 at 16:59
abilist shows a list of supported ABIs on your device. – Irfan Latif Jun 22 '22 at 19:35
@IrfanLatif, that I know. I'm curious as to how abi is different from Lollipop onward. – Daniel Walker Jun 22 '22 at 19:37

getprop: abi vs abilist

0 Answers0