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#21

You know that lovely devices.lua that I blogged about would be a wonderful place to add something like this.

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#22

Can we still store the value from “DeviceID” as it returns the UDID on iOS?

#23

I received word from Walter himself regarding this, and he says that Apple has frowned upon using the UDID, so they removed it from the API.  Apple apparently frowns on using the Game Center username, too, but we technically still have access to that (if you recall, the Game Center username has to be unique, but it’s not tied to one device, so the user could be logging in on multiple devices with it.  And, of course, if they don’t use Game Center, then that idea falls apart).

#24

Actually it just became clear that Apple more than “frowns upon” using UDID – they just announced yesterday that, starting May 1, they will reject any app that uses it!  http://www.macworld.com/article/2031573/apple-sets-may-1-deadline-for-udid-iphone-5-app-changes.html

I’ve posted as a feature request the ability for Corona to support the alternative Advertising ID and Vendor ID: http://feedback.coronalabs.com/forums/188732-corona-sdk-feature-requests-feedback/suggestions/3774617-ios-6-advertising-and-vendor-id-support.

I noticed that the RevMob SDK does access, and seemingly makes use of, the device UDID, so I’ve contacted them to find out what their plan is to migrate off of it.

Also importantly, I think there’s a question whether the UDID is accessed at all by the Corona SDK behind the scenes (e.g., within launchpad/analytics).  If so, that will need to be changed.

  • Andrew
#25

Can we still store the value from “DeviceID” as it returns the UDID on iOS?

#26

I received word from Walter himself regarding this, and he says that Apple has frowned upon using the UDID, so they removed it from the API.  Apple apparently frowns on using the Game Center username, too, but we technically still have access to that (if you recall, the Game Center username has to be unique, but it’s not tied to one device, so the user could be logging in on multiple devices with it.  And, of course, if they don’t use Game Center, then that idea falls apart).

#27

Actually it just became clear that Apple more than “frowns upon” using UDID – they just announced yesterday that, starting May 1, they will reject any app that uses it!  http://www.macworld.com/article/2031573/apple-sets-may-1-deadline-for-udid-iphone-5-app-changes.html

I’ve posted as a feature request the ability for Corona to support the alternative Advertising ID and Vendor ID: http://feedback.coronalabs.com/forums/188732-corona-sdk-feature-requests-feedback/suggestions/3774617-ios-6-advertising-and-vendor-id-support.

I noticed that the RevMob SDK does access, and seemingly makes use of, the device UDID, so I’ve contacted them to find out what their plan is to migrate off of it.

Also importantly, I think there’s a question whether the UDID is accessed at all by the Corona SDK behind the scenes (e.g., within launchpad/analytics).  If so, that will need to be changed.

  • Andrew