Can the Device id for two Android phones/device be same?

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Also Does the Device id change? If yes when?

(Used for Test Ads in addTestDevice() in adbuilder)

AdRequest adRequest = new AdRequest.Builder()
                .addTestDevice(DEVICE_ID)
                .setRequestAgent("android_studio:ad_template").build();

It is a string addTestDevice("D9XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"); — Ashish Kumar, May 31 '18 at 14:16
you can see the link to know about the device id https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4524752/how-can-i-get-device-id-for-admob — Ashish Kumar, May 31 '18 at 14:17
Read this question's each **answers and comments**, you will understand this concept of **ID**: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2785485/is-there-a-unique-android-device-id — Vikasdeep Singh, May 31 '18 at 14:18
The device id is returned by the 05-31 20:17:23.505 26518-26518/? I/Ads: Use AdRequest.Builder.addTestDevice("D9XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX") to get test ads on this device. — Ashish Kumar, May 31 '18 at 14:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '18 at 14:19

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I assume you're thinking of IMEI. The answer is maybe, its not guaranteed to be universally unique.

But, more on your point, Google has published their own official Best practices for unique identifiers. For your use case, identifying the device for advertising purposes, there's a AdvertisingIdClient that you should use.

answered May 31 '18 at 14:19

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No not the IMEI number – Ashish Kumar May 31 '18 at 14:49
The id we get in the logcat when view the ad 05-31 20:17:23.505 26518-26518/? I/Ads: Use AdRequest.Builder.addTestDevice("D9XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX") to get test ads on this device. – Ashish Kumar May 31 '18 at 16:48

Can the Device id for two Android phones/device be same?

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