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UIDevice+serialNumber
/*
* Adds the serialNumber property to the UIDevice class
*
* The implementation uses undocumented (for iOS) IOKit functions,
* so handle with caution and be prepared for nil.
*/
#import <UIKit/UIDevice.h>
@interface UIDevice (serialNumber)
@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSString *serialNumber;
@end
/*
Licensed under the MIT License
Copyright (c) 2010 Cédric Luthi
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.
*/
#import "UIDevice+serialNumber.h"
#import <dlfcn.h>
#import <mach/port.h>
#import <mach/kern_return.h>
@implementation UIDevice (serialNumber)
- (NSString *) serialNumber
{
NSString *serialNumber = nil;
void *IOKit = dlopen("/System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/IOKit", RTLD_NOW);
if (IOKit)
{
mach_port_t *kIOMasterPortDefault = dlsym(IOKit, "kIOMasterPortDefault");
CFMutableDictionaryRef (*IOServiceMatching)(const char *name) = dlsym(IOKit, "IOServiceMatching");
mach_port_t (*IOServiceGetMatchingService)(mach_port_t masterPort, CFDictionaryRef matching) = dlsym(IOKit, "IOServiceGetMatchingService");
CFTypeRef (*IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty)(mach_port_t entry, CFStringRef key, CFAllocatorRef allocator, uint32_t options) = dlsym(IOKit, "IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty");
kern_return_t (*IOObjectRelease)(mach_port_t object) = dlsym(IOKit, "IOObjectRelease");
if (kIOMasterPortDefault && IOServiceGetMatchingService && IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty && IOObjectRelease)
{
mach_port_t platformExpertDevice = IOServiceGetMatchingService(*kIOMasterPortDefault, IOServiceMatching("IOPlatformExpertDevice"));
if (platformExpertDevice)
{
CFTypeRef platformSerialNumber = IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty(platformExpertDevice, CFSTR("IOPlatformSerialNumber"), kCFAllocatorDefault, 0);
if (platformSerialNumber && CFGetTypeID(platformSerialNumber) == CFStringGetTypeID())
{
serialNumber = [NSString stringWithString:(__bridge NSString *)platformSerialNumber];
CFRelease(platformSerialNumber);
}
IOObjectRelease(platformExpertDevice);
}
}
dlclose(IOKit);
}
return serialNumber;
}
@end
@MrRochito
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Thanks so much!! 2014!! and yet helped me!

Regards From México!

Yes before of IOS8 all was good. but now crash in

if (CFGetTypeID(platformSerialNumber) == CFStringGetTypeID())

PLEASE HELP

@montyqin
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montyqin commented Aug 7, 2014

It is not working in IOS8, it causes app crash.
if (CFGetTypeID(platformSerialNumber) == CFStringGetTypeID())

@duemunk
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duemunk commented Aug 8, 2014

The part that doesn't work on iOS 8 is IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty(). It simply doesn't return an object on iOS8 (as of beta5).

@balajic
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balajic commented Aug 14, 2014

Having the same problem.
if (CFGetTypeID(platformSerialNumber) == CFStringGetTypeID())
used to work till iOS 8.0 beta 4. Broken in Beta 5.

@nthau2409
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I'm also get this problem.

Does any body have other solution?

Thanks,
Hau

@romanblachman
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Seems that if you query for the list of all available entries under the IOPlatformExpertDevice service, you get the following:
{
"#address-cells" = <01000000>;
"#size-cells" = <01000000>;
"AAPL,phandle" = <00000001>;
IOBusyInterest = "IOCommand is not serializable";
IONWInterrupts = IONWInterrupts;
"clock-frequency" = <801a3b0c>;
compatible = <4e343841 50006950 686f6e65 352c3300 4170706c 6541524d 00>;
"config-number" = <00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000>;
"device_type" = <626f6f74 726f6d00>;
"firmware-min-capacity" = <00001800>;
manufacturer = <4170706c 6520496e 632e00>;
model = <6950686f 6e65352c 3300>;
"model-number" = <4d453439 36000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000>;
name = <64657669 63652d74 72656500>;
"platform-name" = <73356c38 39353078 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000>;
"region-info" = <4c4c2f41 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000>;
"regulatory-model-number" = <41313533 32000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000>;
"secure-root-prefix" = <6d6400>;
}

any idea about other services that might include the serial/unique identifiers?

@app111
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app111 commented Aug 27, 2014

@romanblachman 这个方法怎么获取?我试了模拟器获取正常,真机就不行,返回空

@WDDong
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WDDong commented Sep 11, 2014

ios8 GM 这种方法获取不到

@bodesmile
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It haven't worked in ios8, who have other solution?

@xiaofei4sw
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waiting...

@yaofeijian
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mark

@alfwolf
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alfwolf commented Sep 19, 2014

waiting for new

@bianzhifu
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walting for update

@9kelvin
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9kelvin commented Sep 22, 2014

waiting

@LarryLee
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Waiting for iOS 8.
please quickly,thanks.

@del4y
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del4y commented Sep 23, 2014

Same here

@jdosne
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jdosne commented Sep 23, 2014

Is it a bug in IOKit or a decision from Apple to remove the information ?

@maxsava
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maxsava commented Oct 7, 2014

Device serial number can get by *.mobileconfig files.
But for it needs webservice.
How it works you can see by follow link http://get.udid.io from ios device.
This principle may use for own app.
Mb above info will help someone

@Mehul18292
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@maxsava, but what if we want that one in my own program

@maxsava
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maxsava commented Oct 15, 2014

I can't find any other method to get serial number in ios 8.
So i've added *.mobileconfig to my project. And run install procedure it when i need to get serial number.
When user accepts it, it send device's info (in my case it's serial number) to url (my web server) that is specified in *.mobileConfig.
Web Server retrieves this info by php script and open app by url-scheme which contents serial number.
In addition i save this serial number in keyChain.
Thus installing *.mobile config occurs once. Further i obtain serial number from keychain every time when app is launched. Mb this approach suits you.

@LucyNguyen
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Hi @maxsava,
I'm facing the problem of cannot retrieve back the UDID that device sent to server for my app. It's so lucky when I found your solution, it's really a great idea. But I have a big concern that for instance I have two devices and both install my app, I want to get back the UDID of each device. How can the Web Server can know on which device it'll open the app to attach the correct UDID? For example, open app on device1 will attach UDID of device1 and on device2 to will attach UDID of device2 to the command. Does the server has to identify any special key to indicate the command will be sent to device1, not device2 and how can it do this?

Thanks a lot for helping!
Lucy.

@ducquyenkmt09
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Do you have any solution for reading serial number of iDevice (iOS 9.2) using Object C ? please help me ?

@JrLeung
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JrLeung commented Jan 19, 2016

mark

@jason78hwl
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Fine! It works.thanks!

@kaushal9678
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I am using that in Swift project with the help of bridging header, It returns serial number in simulator but not in real device. Can you please help me ?

@zjklyl931081
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I can't get serial numbe

@zhouhao27
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Doesn't work for iOS 10?

@kaushal9678
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not supported by Apple I get following message from the review team.
Your app uses or references the following non-public APIs:
_kIOMasterPortDefault, _IOServiceMatching, _IOServiceGetMatchingService, _IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty, _IOObjectRelease, _IOServiceMatching, _IOServiceGetMatchingService, _IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty, _IOObjectRelease

@aadikv0101
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How to use this code in c# iOS app

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