https://github.com/gekitz/UIDevice-with-UniqueIdentifier-for-iOS-5

Brings back the unique identifier support under iOS 5, it uses the device's mac address in combination with the bundle identifier to generate a new hashed unique identifier.
https://github.com/gekitz/UIDevice-with-UniqueIdentifier-for-iOS-5

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Brings back the unique identifier support under iOS 5, it uses the device's mac address in combination with the bundle identifier to generate a new hashed unique identifier.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gekitz/UIDevice-with-UniqueIdentifier-for-iOS-5
• Owner: gekitz
• License: mit
• Created: 2011-08-20T09:19:59.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-07-18T13:55:27.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-29T22:32:00.356Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Objective-C
• Size: 148 KB
• Stars: 1,236
• Watchers: 72
• Forks: 227
• Open Issues: 11
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.markdown
  • License: license

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README

        

** NOTE: this is not going to work under iOS 7 **

# Description

Apple stopped supporting a unique identifier for iOS. This source code solves the problem. It generates a unique identifier based on the mac address of the device in combination with the bundle identifier.

What you need to do:

- copy `NSString+MD5Addition` and `UIDevice+IdentifierAddition` to your project.

- if your are using ARC in your project, you have to add the `-fno-objc-arc` flag to both files. [Apple ARC Guidelines](http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/ObjectiveC/RN-TransitioningToARC/Introduction/Introduction.html)

- use `[[UIDevice currentDevice] uniqueDeviceIdentifier]` to retrieve the unique identifier (it's a hash of your Bundle ID + MAC address)

- use `[[UIDevice currentDevice] uniqueGlobalDeviceIdentifier]` to retrieve a global unique identifier (it's a hash of the MAC address, used for tracking between different apps).

- have fun and follow [gekitz](http://twitter.com/gekitz) ;)

//Thanks to Erica Sadun for her UIDevice+Hardware Addition (used for the mac address retrieval).

# License

see license file.