Apple Sneaks A Big Change Into iOS 5: Phasing Out Developer Access To The UDID

Apple is making a lot of big changes to its mobile operating system with iOS 5, which is dribbling out in betas for developers ahead of a general release later this year. But there is one big change some developers are just starting to take notice of that Apple isn’t talking about that much. In a recent update to the documentation for iOS 5 (which is only available to registered Apple developers, but a copy was forwarded to me), Apple notes that it will be phasing out access to the unique device identifier, or UDID, on iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads.

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Solution A:
UIDevice-with-UniqueIdentifier-for-iOS-5

Brings back the unique identifier support under iOS 5, it uses the device's mac address in combination with the bundle identifier to generate a new hashed unique identifier.

gekitz GitHub

Alternate Solution B:
Appsfire Announces Open Source UDID Replacement For iOS: OpenUDID

It is based on the NSProcessInfo (see globallyUniqueString), but may change the second time called.

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GitHub

Alternate Solution C:
With the drawback that this ID is not bound to the device and will change the second time you are requesting a new ID on the same device:

Help me generate unique identifiers

Tuaw

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