# Device

# Device

<br />

```
@Incubating
public interface Device extends Named, Serializable
```

<br />

Known direct subclasses  
[ManagedVirtualDevice](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/dsl/ManagedVirtualDevice)  

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [ManagedVirtualDevice](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/dsl/ManagedVirtualDevice) | Device type for emulators to be managed by the Android Gradle Plugin. |

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Top-level interface for all devices to run applications by tasks in the Android Gradle Plugin.

## Summary

|                                                                                                 ### Public methods                                                                                                  |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `abstract @`[NonNull](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/androidx/annotation/NonNull)` `[String](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/String.html) | `@`[Incubating](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/Incubating.html) `@`[Internal](https://docs.gradle.org/current/javadoc/org/gradle/api/tasks/Internal.html) [getName](https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.3/null/com/android/build/api/dsl/Device#getName())`()` |

## Public methods

### getName

```
@Incubating
@Internal
abstract @NonNull String getName()
```