Android examples for Android OS:Root
Check actual root status
//package com.java2s; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.File; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { /**/*from w ww. ja va 2s. c o m*/ * Check actual root status * * @return true, if rooted */ public static boolean isDeviceRooted() { return checkRootMethod1() || checkRootMethod2() || checkRootMethod3(); } private static boolean checkRootMethod1() { String buildTags = android.os.Build.TAGS; return buildTags != null && buildTags.contains("test-keys"); } private static boolean checkRootMethod2() { String[] paths = { "/system/app/Superuser.apk", "/sbin/su", "/system/bin/su", "/system/xbin/su", "/data/local/xbin/su", "/data/local/bin/su", "/system/sd/xbin/su", "/system/bin/failsafe/su", "/data/local/su" }; for (String path : paths) { if (new File(path).exists()) return true; } return false; } private static boolean checkRootMethod3() { Process process = null; try { process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( new String[] { "/system/xbin/which", "su" }); BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader( process.getInputStream())); return in.readLine() != null; } catch (Throwable t) { return false; } finally { if (process != null) process.destroy(); } } }