Getting Device Serial Number From Expo React Native

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I am using Expo to build a React Native app I am using to onboard ios devices.

These are phones going to people who are not technically savy.

So I am building the mobile app to ideally pull the serial number from device info.

I do not see this as an option.

There use to be as I had an app that did something similar not to long ago.

How do I get the serial number?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '21 at 02:34

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For Expo IOS theres currently very limited options, since Apple forbids getting private device info.

If all you need is a device unique identifier we will need to create our own unique id see my answer here stackoverflow.

answered Jul 28 '21 at 02:34

Morris S

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Martin Dimitrov · Answer 2 · 2021-04-13T06:00:01.253

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expo-application (info about the current app), expo-cellular (info about the cell data connection), expo-device (info about the device). There are some sensitive fields like the device’s IMEI that these modules do not attempt to expose.

I don't think you can get serial number due to privacy issues. You can try to use Notification which generates a unique device token. That can be used in your use-case

another solution is react-native-device-info - but you need to eject from expo to use it

edited Apr 13 '21 at 06:00

answered Apr 13 '21 at 05:54

Martin Dimitrov

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There use to be a way to get the serial, as I had an app do something similar. We use the serial to register the device in Jamf, i need to be able to do this remotely. – Bnd10706 Apr 13 '21 at 12:07
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Sorry, i just saw your comment about ejecting expo.. unfortunately i need expo for various reasons. – Bnd10706 Apr 13 '21 at 12:10
Did you find a way to do this by using expo? – Jean Hoffmann Nov 04 '21 at 11:32

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