get MAC address on android

[Aritra Das]

I am looking for a way to get a unique machine fingerprint on android. MAC address would be best. How do I get it using kivy? I tried getnode() from uuid, but doesn't work(gives new output everytime it is run).

[qua non]

from plyer import uniqueid

print uniqueid.id

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 6:38 AM, Aritra Das <dodo....@gmail.com> wrote:

I am looking for a way to get a unique machine fingerprint on android. MAC address would be best. How do I get it using kivy? I tried getnode() from uuid, but doesn't work(gives new output everytime it is run).

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[Aritra Das]

is this uniqueid the MAC?

[niavlys]

nope, it's a wrapper around that:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Secure.html#ANDROID_ID

neither unique, nor consistent over time.

[ZenCODE]

@niavlys. Interesting. Thanks. Found this summarizes the issue nicely:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17435538/using-android-mac-address-as-unique-identifier

[Aritra Das]

So mac is unusable as a unique id. So is this plyer.uniqueid . So what other option do I have? My main issue is the app has to work on windows linux(desktop) and android(hence kivy).

[ZenCODE]

I think you need to accept a true unique ID is just not possible. The link above explains why it's a hard problem. So then we need to look at a 'unique enough' i.e. the best available solution. plyer.uniqueid is probably your best bet and covers your required platforms. From the docs:

    Returns the following depending on the platform:
    * **Android**: Android ID
    * **OS X**: Serial number of the device
    * **Linux**: Serial number using lshw
    * **Windows**: MachineGUID from regkey

[qua non]

from jnius import autoclave

Context = autoclass('android.content.Context')
telephonyManager = cast('android.telephony.TelephonyManager', getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE))

imbed = telephonyManager.getDeviceId()

And you should add the following permission into your bulldozer.spec:

permisions= ........,READ_PHONE_STATE

of course some phones have 2 sims = 2 IMEI numbers, this could also give you a Null as
result if correct permissions are not given.

Warning this is not tested,  please test before using 

[Aritra Das]

thanks, this works!