The Parrot Asteroid is a prime example. It does have BT, however, so instead of using the WiFi MAC address I use the BT MAC address as part of the unique identifier.
On Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:55:39 PM UTC-5, RLScott wrote: > > I may have found a problem in using the Wi-Fi Mac Address as a unique > device id. If the Wi-Fi is turned off, I can detect that OK and ask > the user to turn it on, provided I know that the device has Wi-Fi. I > have been using > PackageManager.hasSystemFeatures(PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI) to > determine this, and then resort to an inferior backup scheme in the > rare cases where the devices does not have Wi-Fi capability. However > I have evidence that some devices are returning FALSE even though they > have Wi-Fi, if that Wi-Fi happens to be turned off. This evidence is > only circumstantial based on the number of times my app has had to > fall back to the inferior backup scheme for device id. > > Can anyone confirm whether this is really true? If you boot up your > device with Wi-Fi off, does > PackageManager.hasSystemFeatures(PackageManager.FEATURE_WIFI) return > FALSE? > -- 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
