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Android Device UUID Factory.
package apackage;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.provider.Settings.Secure;
import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.util.UUID;
public class DeviceUuidFactory
{
protected static final String PREFS_FILE = "device_id.xml";
protected static final String PREFS_DEVICE_ID = "device_id";
protected static UUID uuid;
public DeviceUuidFactory(Context context)
{
if (uuid == null)
{
synchronized (DeviceUuidFactory.class)
{
if (uuid == null)
{
final SharedPreferences prefs = context.getSharedPreferences(PREFS_FILE, 0);
final String id = prefs.getString(PREFS_DEVICE_ID, null);
if (id != null)
{
// Use the ids previously computed and stored in the prefs file
uuid = UUID.fromString(id);
} else
{
final String androidId = Secure.getString(context.getContentResolver(), Secure.ANDROID_ID);
// Use the Android ID unless it's broken, in which case fallback on
// deviceId,
// unless it's not available, then fallback on a random number which
// we store
// to a prefs file
try
{
if (androidId != null && (!"9774d56d682e549c".equals(androidId)))
{
uuid = UUID.nameUUIDFromBytes(androidId.getBytes("utf8"));
} else
{
final String deviceId = ((TelephonyManager) context.getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE)).getDeviceId();
if(deviceId == null)
{
uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
prefs.edit().putString(PREFS_DEVICE_ID, uuid.toString()).commit();
}else{
uuid = deviceId != null ? UUID.nameUUIDFromBytes(deviceId.getBytes("utf8")) : UUID.randomUUID();
prefs.edit().putString(PREFS_DEVICE_ID, uuid.toString()).commit();
}
}
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
{
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
}
}
}
}
}
/**
* Returns a unique UUID for the current android device. As with all UUIDs,
* this unique ID is "very highly likely" to be unique across all Android
* devices. Much more so than ANDROID_ID is.
*
* The UUID is generated by using ANDROID_ID as the base key if appropriate,
* falling back on TelephonyManager.getDeviceID() if ANDROID_ID is known to be
* incorrect, and finally falling back on a random UUID that's persisted to
* SharedPreferences if getDeviceID() does not return a usable value.
*
* In some rare circumstances, this ID may change. In particular, if the
* device is factory reset a new device ID may be generated. In addition, if a
* user upgrades their phone from certain buggy implementations of Android 2.2
* to a newer, non-buggy version of Android, the device ID may change. Or, if
* a user uninstalls your app on a device that has neither a proper Android ID
* nor a Device ID, this ID may change on reinstallation.
*
* Note that if the code falls back on using TelephonyManager.getDeviceId(),
* the resulting ID will NOT change after a factory reset. Something to be
* aware of.
*
* Works around a bug in Android 2.2 for many devices when using ANDROID_ID
* directly.
*
* @see http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10603
*
* @return a UUID that may be used to uniquely identify your device for most
* purposes.
*/
public UUID getDeviceUuid()
{
return uuid;
}
}
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