And my point is that you are not using the fully qualified path to the ANDROID_ID. I KNOW my function works. That part is only there for use on the emulator. Otherwise I would have many people complaining.
Feel free to use it or not. I was just trying to help. I saw a flaw in your design and offered another solution that works. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:03 PM, flsobral <[email protected]> wrote: > Still, if I use your function I'll get the same string from different > devices of the same model. > Eg: > All users using Google Ion will return this string: > "xxxx" + "google_ion" + "a23456790112345b" > > It also doesn't matter if I use the class full name or not - and it > really shouldn't, but I tried it anyway and still received null. > > As I said before, I can use Settings.System and Settings.Secure to > retrieve any value, except for the ANDROID_ID that always comes null. > > > On Jan 28, 6:15 pm, Wayne Wenthin <[email protected]> wrote: > > It returns a unique string based on both > > the android.provider.Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID and > > the android.os.Build.PRODUCT along with a unique code for my app (just > > incase I want to build another) I am pretty sure the issue stated above > is > > a result of not using the full android.provider.Setting.Secure.ANDROID_ID > > and instead relying on just this: Secure.ANDROID_ID . This is probably > why > > it is returning NULL but I'm not positive. I do know that my analytics > is > > showing session both from the HTC Magic even labeled as the ION and the > > Milestone along with quite a few others. Granted I'm not seeing alot of > > traffic an the ION. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:31 AM, theSmith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Jan 28, 11:34 am, Wayne Wenthin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have a function for this since I munge up the android id and I need > an > > > > androidid for the emulator so I make one up. Hope this helps. > > > > > > public String getandroidid() { > > > > String AndroidID = System.getString(this.getContentResolver(), > > > > android.provider.Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID); > > > > if (AndroidID == null) > > > > AndroidID = "a23456790112345b"; > > > > String Android_ID = "xxxx" + android.os.Build.PRODUCT + AndroidID; > > > > return Android_ID; > > > > > Wouldn't this just return the same String on multiple devices? Which > > > defeats the purpose because the Android_Id is supposed to be unique. > > > Also there is no reason that this shouldn't be working on those > > > devices, can anyone confirm this on those devices? > > > > > -theSmith > > > > > > } > > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:14 AM, flsobral <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > > I'm trying to get the ANDROID_ID on two different devices but it > > > > > always return null on both. > > > > > I'm using a Google Ion (aka HTC Magic) with firmware 1.6 and a > > > > > Motorola Milestone with firmware 2.0. > > > > > > > I've been using this small sample to show the id, but it always > shows > > > > > null: > > > > > > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) > > > > > { > > > > > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > > > > setContentView(R.layout.main); > > > > > > > Toast.makeText(this, "ANDROID_ID: " + Secure.getString > > > > > (getContentResolver(), Secure.ANDROID_ID), > > > > > > > Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); > > > > > } > > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > [email protected]> > > > <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]><android-developers%252Bu > [email protected]> > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > -- > > > > Writing code is one of few things > > > > that teaches me I don't know everything. > > > > > > Join the Closed Beta of Call Girl Managerhttp:// > www.fuligin.com/forums > > > > > -- > > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > [email protected]> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Writing code is one of few things > > that teaches me I don't know everything. > > > > Join the Closed Beta of Call Girl Managerhttp://www.fuligin.com/forums > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Writing code is one of few things that teaches me I don't know everything. 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