runt18 / 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.

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

• 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 ;)

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

License

see license file.