Sorry for the extra post, forgot about this link too: http://www.pocketmagic.net/?p=1662
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:41, Tom Opgenorth <[email protected]> wrote: > Nope the Android ID is not unique - and on some hardware it's possible > to get a null back. There are a couple of threads about this on the > Android Developers mailing list. Long story short - it can't be > relied on as a unique id. > > You might find these URL's illuminating: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2785485/is-there-a-unique-android-device-id > http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/03/identifying-app-installations.html > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:31, Neal <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> >> >> I’m using the following code to get a UDID for Android: >> >> >> >> Android.Provider.Settings.Secure.GetString(ContentResolver, >> Android.Provider.Settings.Secure.AndroidId) >> >> >> >> Come to find out this is NOT unique and after querying my sync database I’m >> shocked at how many different devices use the same Device ID. Am I doing >> something wrong??? Or is Android simply not good at coming up with a simple >> UDID like iOS? I’m using Android OS 2.2 and later for my app. >> >> >> >> By the way, I hear iOS 5 is discouraging (ala compile error/warning) their >> UDID retrieval? Maybe we need to just abandon device recognition? >> >> >> >> Neal Culiner >> >> NC Software, Inc. >> >> http://www.nc-software.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Monodroid mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid >> >> > > > > -- > http://www.opgenorth.net > -- http://www.opgenorth.net _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid
