identifierForVendor and iOS6
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Solution 1
You can use this:
NSString *udid;
if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"6.0"))
udid = [UIDevice currentDevice].identifierForVendor.UUIDString;
else
udid = [UIDevice currentDevice].uniqueIdentifier;
with pre processor code:
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_EQUAL_TO(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedSame)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedDescending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedAscending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v) ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedDescending)
Solution 2
You don't need preprocessor macros for this, you should check if it response, like this:
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice]respondsToSelector:@selector(identifierForVendor)]) {
return [UIDevice currentDevice].identifierForVendor.UUIDString;
}else{
// return [UIDevice currentDevice]. uniqueIdentifier
return [[UIDevice currentDevice] performSelector:@selector(uniqueIdentifier)];
}
Solution 3
It is always different. UUID includes timestamps, so every time you call this function, you will get a different (random) one.
I have followed this approach in IDManager
class,
This is a collection from different solutions. KeyChainUtil is a wrapper to read from keychain. A similar keychain util is found in github.
// IDManager.m
/*
A replacement for deprecated uniqueIdentifier API. Apple restrict using this from 1st May, 2013.
We have to consider,
* iOS <6 have not the ASIIdentifer API
* When the user upgrade from iOS < 6 to >6
- Check if there is a UUID already stored in keychain. Then use that.
- In that case, this UUID is constant for whole device lifetime. Keychain item is not deleted with application deletion.
*/
#import "IDManager.h"
#import "KeychainUtils.h"
#import "CommonUtil.h"
#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 60000
#import <AdSupport/AdSupport.h>
#endif
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/sysctl.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <net/if_dl.h>
/* Apple confirmed this bug in their system in response to a Technical Support Incident request. They said that identifierForVendor and advertisingIdentifier sometimes returning all zeros can be seen both in development builds and apps downloaded over the air from the App Store. They have no work around and can't say when the problem will be fixed. */
#define kBuggyASIID @"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
#pragma mark
#pragma mark
@implementation IDManager
+ (NSString *) getUniqueID {
#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 60000
if (NSClassFromString(@"ASIdentifierManager")) {
NSString * asiID = [[[ASIdentifierManager sharedManager] advertisingIdentifier] UUIDString];
if ([asiID compare:kBuggyASIID] == NSOrderedSame) {
NSLog(@"Error: This device return buggy advertisingIdentifier.");
return [IDManager getUniqueUUID];
} else {
return asiID;
}
} else {
#endif
return [IDManager getUniqueUUID];
#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 60000
}
#endif
}
+ (NSString *) getUniqueUUID
{
NSError * error;
NSString * uuid = [KeychainUtils getPasswordForUsername:@"UserName" andServiceName:@"YourServiceName" error:&error];
if (error) {
NSLog(@"Error geting unique UUID for this device! %@", [error localizedDescription]);
return nil;
}
if (!uuid) {
DLog(@"No UUID found. Creating a new one.");
uuid = [IDManager getUUID];
uuid = [CommonUtil md5String:uuid]; // create md5 hash for security reason
[KeychainUtils storeUsername:@"UserName" andPassword:uuid forServiceName:@"YourServiceName" updateExisting:YES error:&error];
if (error) {
NSLog(@"Error geting unique UUID for this device! %@", [error localizedDescription]);
return nil;
}
}
return uuid;
}
+ (NSString *) readUUIDFromKeyChain {
NSError * error;
NSString * uuid = [KeychainUtils getPasswordForUsername:@"UserName" andServiceName:@"YourServiceName" error:&error];
if (error) {
NSLog(@"Error geting unique UUID for this device! %@", [error localizedDescription]);
return nil;
}
return uuid;
}
/* NSUUID is after iOS 6. So we are using CFUUID for compatibility with iOS 4.3 */
+ (NSString *)getUUID
{
CFUUIDRef theUUID = CFUUIDCreate(NULL);
CFStringRef string = CFUUIDCreateString(NULL, theUUID);
CFRelease(theUUID);
return [(NSString *)string autorelease];
}
#pragma mark - MAC address
/* THIS WILL NOT WORK IN iOS 7. IT WILL RETURN A CONSTANT MAC ADDRESS ALL THE TIME.
SEE - https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=8222013a
*/
// Return the local MAC address
// Courtesy of FreeBSD hackers email list
// Last fallback for unique identifier
+ (NSString *) getMACAddress
{
int mib[6];
size_t len;
char *buf;
unsigned char *ptr;
struct if_msghdr *ifm;
struct sockaddr_dl *sdl;
mib[0] = CTL_NET;
mib[1] = AF_ROUTE;
mib[2] = 0;
mib[3] = AF_LINK;
mib[4] = NET_RT_IFLIST;
if ((mib[5] = if_nametoindex("en0")) == 0) {
printf("Error: if_nametoindex error\n");
return NULL;
}
if (sysctl(mib, 6, NULL, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
printf("Error: sysctl, take 1\n");
return NULL;
}
if ((buf = malloc(len)) == NULL) {
printf("Error: Memory allocation error\n");
return NULL;
}
if (sysctl(mib, 6, buf, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
printf("Error: sysctl, take 2\n");
free(buf); // Thanks, Remy "Psy" Demerest
return NULL;
}
ifm = (struct if_msghdr *)buf;
sdl = (struct sockaddr_dl *)(ifm + 1);
ptr = (unsigned char *)LLADDR(sdl);
NSString *outstring = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X",
*ptr, *(ptr+1), *(ptr+2), *(ptr+3), *(ptr+4), *(ptr+5)];
free(buf);
return outstring;
}
+ (NSString *) getHashedMACAddress
{
NSString * mac = [IDManager getMACAddress];
return [CommonUtil md5String:mac];
}
@end
Solution 4
You can use the following code
if (NSClassFromString(@"ASIdentifierManager")) {
return [[[ASIdentifierManager sharedManager] advertisingIdentifier] UUIDString];
} else {
// return other identifier generated with OpenUDID or some custom method
}
You can get OpenUDID documentation here
Author by
Ryan
Updated on July 15, 2022Comments
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Ryan almost 2 years
The
identifierForVendor
require iOS6, so if my app currently supporting iOS4 and therefore I can't use it since my updates should always meet my app's previous min. requirement? -
malaba over 11 yearsIn the else clause, uniqueIdentifier is deprecated in iOS5, hence use something along the line of a random UUID instead. code: CFStringRef cfUuid = CFUUIDCreateString(NULL, CFUUIDCreate(NULL));
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malaba over 11 yearsinstead of comparing version, check for the selector: f ([[UIDevice currentDevice] respondsToSelector:@selector(identifierForVendor)])
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user102008 almost 11 yearsHowever, Apple no longer approves apps using
uniqueIdentifier
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Arun Jose over 10 yearscan we use uniqueIdentifier for an older ios version, like he mentioned in his answer? for new ios versions use identifierForVendor and for older uniqueIdentifier??? is that possible?
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DevCali over 10 yearswhere can i get KeychainUtil class/wrapper?