How to get IMEI number of iPhone programmatically?

Question

I have used following code for getting the IMEI number of iPhone in objective-c:

NSString *imei = [[NetworkController sharedInstance] IMEI];

But I am getting this error, Use of undeclared identifier "NetworkController" I have imported AFNetworking.h but I can not solve this error. Can anybody help me for solving the issue?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '16 at 08:19

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You can get the UDID, but can not get the IMEI.Apple does not allow this.

answered Dec 22 '16 at 08:19

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As of iOS 5 you can no longer get the device UDID but you can get the vender ID which is something like an vendor specific device ID that will be a different value if the user re-installs the application and there is no other application from the same vendor. – Rikh Jan 17 '17 at 06:05
Now a days, it is better to use UUID as a unique identifier for a user. – Shobhit C Feb 18 '17 at 19:50
From IOS 5, Apple restricted to get the UDID. So its not possible. Wrong answer. – Balaji Kondalrayal Nov 30 '17 at 08:00

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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You can't get IMEI number of iPhone. It is against security policy of Apple. Apple may reject your app.

Also, check this: Finding IMEI number using Objective-C

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Dec 22 '16 at 08:22

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How to get IMEI number of iPhone programmatically?

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