On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 6:19 PM, davemac <[email protected]> wrote:
> It wasn't so much the unique ID I was looking for, rather some > reassurance that Google has a certification program. From this > particular case, and others I've heard about, it ought to be more > robust than it is. > It's not perfect. Few things are. As problems are found, it is improved. As far as ANDROID_ID -- please be aware that some people concerned about privacy very much do not like applications being able to retrieve something that uniquely identifies their device that can be correlated across applications. As such, don't be surprised if in the future there appears the ability to restrict access to ANDROID_ID. I very strongly recommend not using ANDROID_ID. If you want to have settings retained if the user uninstalls and then re-installs, consider using the backup manager. This also has the advantage of allowing you to restore the user's settings across devices. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
