How to get the device's IMEI/ESN programmatically in android?

Question

To identify each devices uniquely I would like to use the IMEI (or ESN number for CDMA devices). How to access this programmatically?

Answer 1

You'll need the following permission in your AndroidManifest.xml:

To get IMEI (international mobile equipment identifier) and if It is above API level 26 then we get telephonyManager.getImei() as null so for that, we use ANDROID_ID as a Unique Identifier.

 public static String getIMEINumber(@NonNull final Context context)
            throws SecurityException, NullPointerException {
        TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager) context.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
        String imei;
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
            assert tm != null;
            imei = tm.getImei();
            //this change is for Android 10 as per security concern it will not provide the imei number.
            if (imei == null) {
                imei = Settings.Secure.getString(context.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID);
            }
        } else {
            assert tm != null;
            if (tm.getDeviceId() != null && !tm.getDeviceId().equals("000000000000000")) {
                imei = tm.getDeviceId();
            } else {
                imei = Settings.Secure.getString(context.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID);
            }
        }

        return imei;
    }