I have some questions on Apple's IDFA:
Is this ID unique across apps on the same device? When a user resets iOS device, does the ID change?
When a user resets iOS device, does the ID change?
If the user disables IDFA tracking, can we still retrieve the ID from app?
What is Android's counterpart ID's name?
What is Android's counterpart ID's name?
Does it behave the same way as IDFA to the above 3 questions?
Thanks!
The ID is Unique across apps on the same device, it changes when user resets iOS device.
If we disables the IDFA tracking, we can't retrieve the ID.
And I don't know the Android.
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A) In android i can get the SIM details and can specifically choose the SIM for sending the OTP from that SIM. I have a sample screen which is possible to implement in Android.
I followed the link for ios How can I get details about the device data provider (like Verizon/AT&T) of an iphone programmatically?
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/9171 This link states we cant get the SIM Phone numbers from device because of Apple Privacy policy
How to implement the same screen in iOS? Any alternative idea or help is appreciated
B) How to get the Unique id for authentication?
In Android we can get (IMEI+SIM Serial number) can be used for authentication but in iOS all these are restricted due to privacy . Instead it is impossible to get UDID which is unique for every device. I know i can use vendor id for this:
UIDevice.current.identifierForVendor!.uuidString
But as the documentation says: The value in this property remains the same while the app (or another app from the same vendor) is installed on the iOS device. The value changes when the user deletes all of that vendor’s apps from the device and subsequently reinstalls one or more of them.
Since the vendor id changes when the user uninstalls the Application .So is it any way around to get a unique id other than Vendor ID for authentication which doesn't change and is unique all time?
How to get SIM phone number?
As it stated in the question, its not available to get the phone number due to the security reasons. I suggest you to have a textfield and let user to enter the numbers, so you can send the sms to verify it
How to get the Unique id for authentication?
You have two options here based on your deployment target needs:
Apple has come up with the DeviceCheck framework in iOS 11. Your app should use the DeviceCheck APIs to generate an ephemeral token that identifies a device. Your associated server combines this token with an authentication key that you receive from Apple and uses the result to request access to the per-device bits.
Very intentionally by Apple, DeviceCheck tokens can not be used to identify the specific device.
But you can try playing to get unique identifier for the iOS device state
Create your own unique ID and save it in the keychain.
References
WWDC 2017 — Session 702 — iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS
Apple Documentation: — Access per-device, per-developer data that your associated server can use in its business logic.
Unique Identifier for the iOS Devices Article
In my iOS app, I am looking for a unique identifier to use to be able distinguish between users but for the users to be completely anonymous to us who are providing the app.
Scenario: I am building "make comments" function in the app which will be sent to a moderator before being published in the discussion area in the app. The user's identity should be anonymous to me and to anyone who may hack into my system storage that contains discussion content (think GDPR).
The best iOS library option seems to be identifierForVendor, but the user has no easy control over resetting that identifier.
I like the IDFA library more, as the user can be completely anonymous and at their discretion set their identifier to all zeroes using built-in Apple settings. BUT I am not serving advertising. Is Apple still rejecting apps that use IDFA but have no ads?
Other ideas?
Thanks.
I wouldlike to know if it is possible to read out the apple id or any personal data from the mobile phone?
We are planning to create a sensitive data app for clients and we wouldlike to assure them that we arent aware about the apple id or any other sensitiv data.
Does someone has expirience with this?
Best regards
Rayk
There is no way to get users Apple ID from an iOS app, Apple is all about privacy and the last thing they want to do is share users Apple ID with anyone
I went through almost all the related SO questions, googled lot, but I can't get help.
There are lot many posts and SO answers which states to use [UIDevice identifierForVendor], but as this Id is not visible to user, I want different way to uniquely identify the device.
Basically I am developing Enterprise app which will not going to App Store(no need to worry about private APIs).
I am having server which has all users details including device id(don't know what to use as device id) already entered.
When device launches app, web service will be called and it needs to send device id to authenticate the device.
That's why I need device id which will be visible to user as well as programmer.
Any help is appreciated!!!
Update
'Visible to user' means user can see this unique id before installing app, so as he/she can send this number to admin to register it on server.
If this unique id is registered on server then and then only access will be given to application, otherwise app will not connect to server.
Use
NSString* uniqueIdentifier = [[[UIDevice currentDevice] identifierForVendor] UUIDString];
NSLog(#"UDID:: %#", uniqueIdentifier);
You've to put a small case to check the app is running on simulator or on device.
You can no longer get a unique ID of device. "identifierForVendor"
is the best you're going to get. Apple has systematically disabled
identifying a specific device.
Though, "identifierForVendor" value also changed after every new installation of application.
for more info visit.
You're also confusing me with this line "visible to user", could you please be more specific about it?
There's also one more way - Using icloud kit you can get a unique token of currently logged In icloud user account. This is unique per application on device.
It seems you want to track user using unique ID or UDID and Apple doesn't like this so before moving forward please visit.
Update:
If Apple is preventing tracking users using Unique Id, you shouldn't be using it then.
You simply want to validate user on your server. The best solution for you is iCloud token,
Fetch it and store it in User defaults or Keychain and use anywhere you want.
In this way you can also track single user on different devices if he/she is using multiple devices with same iCloud account.
You can try obtain UDID of device via service http://get.udid.io and then authenticate this device on your server.
But after this you will need to obtain the same UDID in your apps to pass it to server... It is possible to pass UDID to app via specific URL schema.
What do you think about this idea? I can share more details if you like it.
As I understand it now can not get apple id in iOS 7.
iOS 8 has many edits to work with iCloud and adding iCloudKit. Will I be able to get Apple id from API and use it, for example, for registration in own server?
No, you cannot get the user's Apple ID.
What you can do with CloudKit is get an opaque user record ID. This object will be the same for the user for your app on all of their devices, but it will be different for other apps or other users. You can save that on your server and use it as something like a "log in with CloudKit" feature. This was described in the WWDC 2014 intro to CloudKit session. Basically, you use the fetchUserRecordIDWithCompletionHandler: method on CKContainer. But there's no way to link this to the Apple ID automatically-- you still need to ask the user if you want that.
Not that I am aware of. That's kind of "invading" the user's privacy because you'd be getting his Apple ID (which is an email) without his consent.
What I do, using Parse SDK, is to make the user log in anonimously at my Parse App, then save his automatically generated User ID in a iCloud Key-Value container. Whenever the user deletes the app and reinstalls it (or simply install in another device of his), my app knows that he has an username saved on iCloud and then uses that instead of creating a new user. This way, I get to keep track of my users without invading nobody's privacy.