From eaa519efa6fa8b75478f1678330661287d5df456 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bo-Rong Chen <borongchen@google.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:09:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] media: Use safe GetDeviceApiLevel helper and API constants in
 media_codec

---
 starboard/android/shared/media_codec.cc |  6 ++----
 starboard/android/shared/media_common.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/starboard/android/shared/media_codec.cc b/starboard/android/shared/media_codec.cc
index fd44573e6200..00ac5b9dbdd9 100644
--- a/starboard/android/shared/media_codec.cc
+++ b/starboard/android/shared/media_codec.cc
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 #include "starboard/android/shared/media_codec.h"
 
-#include <android/api-level.h>
-
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ bool CanUseNdkMediaCodec(
     return false;
   }
   // NDK AMediaCodec requires API level >= 28.
-  if (android_get_device_api_level() < 28) {
+  if (GetDeviceApiLevel() < kAndroidApiLevelPie) {
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -172,7 +170,7 @@ NonNullResult<std::unique_ptr<MediaCodec>> MediaCodec::CreateVideoMediaCodec(
 
 // static
 bool MediaCodec::IsFrameRenderedCallbackEnabled() {
-  return android_get_device_api_level() >= 34;
+  return GetDeviceApiLevel() >= kAndroidApiLevelU;
 }
 
 FrameSize::FrameSize() : FrameSize(Size(), /*has_crop_values=*/false) {}
diff --git a/starboard/android/shared/media_common.h b/starboard/android/shared/media_common.h
index 89c8a957e137..dbd63c23dd4b 100644
--- a/starboard/android/shared/media_common.h
+++ b/starboard/android/shared/media_common.h
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 #ifndef STARBOARD_ANDROID_SHARED_MEDIA_COMMON_H_
 #define STARBOARD_ANDROID_SHARED_MEDIA_COMMON_H_
 
+#include <android/api-level.h>
+#include <sys/system_properties.h>
+
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <optional>
 
@@ -26,6 +30,24 @@
 
 namespace starboard {
 
+constexpr int kAndroidApiLevelPie = 28;
+constexpr int kAndroidApiLevelU = 34;
+
+inline int GetDeviceApiLevel() {
+#if __ANDROID_API__ >= 24
+  return ::android_get_device_api_level();
+#else
+  static int api_level = []() {
+    char sdk_version_str[PROP_VALUE_MAX] = {0};
+    if (__system_property_get("ro.build.version.sdk", sdk_version_str) > 0) {
+      return atoi(sdk_version_str);
+    }
+    return __ANDROID_API__;
+  }();
+  return api_level;
+#endif
+}
+
 inline bool IsWidevineL1(const char* key_system) {
   return strcmp(key_system, "com.widevine") == 0 ||
          strcmp(key_system, "com.widevine.alpha") == 0;