UIDevice uniqueIdentifier deprecated - What to do now?

Question

It has just come to light that the UIDevice uniqueIdentifier property is deprecated in iOS 5 and unavailable in iOS 7 and above. No alternative method or pr

Answer 1

I had got some issue too, and solution is simple:

    // Get Bundle Info for Remote Registration (handy if you have more than one app)
    NSString *appName = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey:@"CFBundleDisplayName"];
    NSString *appVersion = [[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey:@"CFBundleVersion"];


    // Get the users Device Model, Display Name, Unique ID, Token & Version Number
    UIDevice *dev = [UIDevice currentDevice];
    NSString *deviceUuid=[dev.identifierForVendor  UUIDString];

    NSString *deviceName = dev.name;

Answer 2

iOS 11 has introduced the DeviceCheck framework. It has a fullproof solution for uniquely identifying the device.

Answer 3

For Swift 3.0 please use below code.

let deviceIdentifier: String = (UIDevice.current.identifierForVendor?.uuidString)!
NSLog("output is : %@", deviceIdentifier)

Answer 4

+ (NSString *) getUniqueUUID {
    NSError * error;
    NSString * uuid = [KeychainUtils getPasswordForUsername:kBuyassUser andServiceName:kIdOgBetilngService 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 = [Util md5String:uuid];
        [KeychainUtils storeUsername:USER_NAME andPassword:uuid forServiceName:SERVICE_NAME updateExisting:YES error:&error];
        if (error) {
            NSLog(@"Error getting unique UUID for this device! %@", [error localizedDescription]);
            return nil;
        }
    }
    return uuid;
}

Answer 5

From iOS 6 onwards, we have NSUUID class which complies RFC4122

Apple Link : apple_ref for NSUUID

Answer 6

You can use your alternative for Apple UDID already. Kind guy gekitz wrote category on UIDevice which will generate some kind of UDID based on device mac-address and bundle identifier.

You can find code on github