get unique ID of WP8

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when trying to get imei number null exception occurs. when running in windows phone emulator.

//Please check this

        object uniqueId;
        var hexString = string.Empty;
        if (DeviceExtendedProperties.TryGetValue("DeviceUniqueId", out uniqueId))
            hexString = BitConverter.ToString((byte[])uniqueId).Replace("-",     string.Empty);
        MessageBox.Show("myDeviceID:" + hexString);

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '14 at 07:22

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I've had this issue with returning the null value.

In WMAppManifest.xml -> Capabilities tab -> switch on ID_CAP_IDENTITY_DEVICE

answered Mar 18 '14 at 07:22

Sajeetharan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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In this link, he used GetValue instead of TryGetValue and its working : Get Unique Device ID (UDID) under Windows Phone 8

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Mar 18 '14 at 07:11

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get unique ID of WP8

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