How can I limit my android application installed on real device only?

Question

I expect that my android application is allowed to install only on real device, and android-emulator can't.How can I limit my android application installed on real device only ? Thanks for any replies.

[This can be helpful for you](http://stackoverflow.com/q/2799097/593709) — Adil Soomro, Jan 10 '12 at 08:18
Can you tell us why would you need such a requirement? Just curious. — san, Jan 10 '12 at 08:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '12 at 08:26

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Unfortunately you cannot stop people from installing in emulator, but if you have Google Licensing installed it will make sure that it does not run on unlicensed devices.

answered Jan 10 '12 at 08:26

the100rabh

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '12 at 08:42

There's one way how to handle it. Just check device id (IMEI code). For emulator it's always null, so you can define either someone tries to launch it in real device or in emulator.

    TelephonyManager tm=(TelephonyManager )activity.getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
    if(tm==null || !this.hasTelephony())
    {
        Log.v(TAG, "Can't get telephony service. Forcing shut down!");
        return false;
    }
    String deviceId=tm.getDeviceId();
    if(deviceId==null || deviceId.length() < 2)
    {
        Log.v(TAG, "Looks like emulator - bail out!");
        Toast.makeText(activity, "This special version not intended to run in this device!", 5000).show();
        return false;
    }

Actually the imei/device id for our emulator is 000000000.... I think 15 zeros overall. So null or two zeros wont work. — AgentKnopf, Jan 03 '13 at 10:49

How can I limit my android application installed on real device only?

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