Do I need to make my android app a profile owner app, or have special carrier permissions to use IMEI number. What do I require to achieve it ??

Question

According to docs:

P.S. I know it is a bad practice, but that's my client's requirement.

My client app requires IMEI number as parameter in an API call, to identify Vehicle owner in an android app. But I have two problems :

1. READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE Permission is only granted to system apps.

2. Using getDeviceId to get device identifiers is not recommended.

'getter for deviceId: String!' is deprecated. Deprecated in Java

Answer 1

Well, for this kind of values (serial number, mac address) in Android 10+ only way is having your app as Device Owner.

Check this post to set a Device Owner app.