Device Year Class

Device Year Class is an Android library that implements a simple algorithm that maps a device's RAM, CPU cores, and clock speed to the year where those combination of specs were considered high end. This allows a developer to easily modify application behavior based on the capabilities of the phone's hardware.

Mappings as of this writing (RAM is a ceiling):

RAM	condition	Year Class
768MB	1 core	2009
	2+ cores	2010
1GB	<1.3GHz	2011
	1.3GHz+	2012
1.5GB	<1.8GHz	2012
	1.8GHz+	2013
2GB		2013
3GB		2014
more		2015

Integration

Download

Download the latest JARs or grab via Gradle:

compile 'com.facebook.device.yearclass:yearclass:2.0.0'

or Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.facebook.device.yearclass</groupId>
  <artifactId>yearclass</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Calculate Device Year Class

Calculating the current device's Year Class is simple.

int year = YearClass.get(getApplicationContext());

Then, later on, you can use the year class to make decisions in your app, or send it along with your analytics.

if (year >= 2013) {
    // Do advanced animation
} else if (year > 2010) {
    // Do simple animation
} else {
    // Phone too slow, don't do any animations
}

See the yearclass-sample project for more details.

Improve Device Year Class!

See the CONTRIBUTING.md file for how to help out.

License

Device Year Class is BSD-licensed. We also provide an additional patent grant.