Ah, fair enough. I guess this allows cross-app tracking of the user - I'd just tend to want in-app tracking (ie, just this one app, if the user deletes the app, I dont much care that I then have a new UID)
Thanks On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:35 PM, technohead <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nic, > the problem is persistence. Any time the user deletes the app and then > re-installs the app, you'd get a new GUID as an ID. So what you can do is > create a UIPasteboard with persistence set to true, and if named differently > from the app, tends to persist beyond the lifetime of the app. I say tends > to, as it is still possible to be deleted, so OpenUDID tries to get around > this by creating a range of pasteboards (in this case 100), that are used by > it and other apps that support OpenUDID, so that it becomes less likely that > the unique ID is deleted. > > Here's a good article on OpenUDID and other schemes: > http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/21207-A-Field-Guide-to-Post-UDID-Unique-IDs-on-iOS.html > > Dennis > > -- > View this message in context: > http://monotouch.2284126.n4.nabble.com/Monotouch-port-of-OpenUDID-tp4644130p4644656.html > Sent from the MonoTouch mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch -- Nic Wise t. +44 7788 592 806 | @fastchicken | http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicwise b. http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/ Earnest: Self-employed? Track your business expenses and income. http://earnestapp.com Nearest Bus: find when the next bus is coming to your stop. http://goo.gl/Vcz1p mobileAgent (for FreeAgent): get your accounts in your pocket. http://goo.gl/IuBU Trip Wallet: Keep track of your budget on the go: http://goo.gl/ePhKa London Bike App: Find the nearest Boris Bike, and get riding! http://goo.gl/Icp2 _______________________________________________ MonoTouch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch
