[walt]

Is a unique id created automatically each time an app is installed onto a device?

This would be something that would identify each installation of the app (without necessarily referencing the user or the hardware) so that a server can keep track of responses from a set of installed apps.

thanks for the help!
Walt

[support-octavio]

Hi walt,

Nothing like that is accessible without violating various parts of the app store’s terms of use. App developers have to generate, store & track their own IDs.

[walt]

makes sense, thanks for the reply

[walt]

Hi Octavio,

some clarifying follow up questions:

Is each mobione app installed in a uniquely identified sandboxed folder as described here: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Security/Conceptual/AppSandboxDesignGuide/DesigningYourSandbox/DesigningYourSandbox.html?

In your last response, are you saying an app can’t access or use the name of its install directory as an identifier? I can understand how apple could see that as a security issue, but that method of identification has been recommended strongly by a collaborator and I want to make sure I fully understand the issue and your answer.

thanks again for your help.

[support-michael]

@walt

Bear with me if this is a naive question but I’m not connecting where the mac sandbox fits into this conversation for computing a UDID. Can you share more info about what was recommended to you and if there is a working example in use for native hybrid apps, specifically with phonegap?

Now that Cordova/Phongap is an official Apache OSS project we are actively working on an update. This update will provide you access to a new UUID functionality. Note this is not the same as UDID but does it provide sufficient identify support for you purposes?

http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.1.0/cordova_device_device.md.html#device.uuid

[walt]

Hi Wayne, sorry for the very slow response, missed your reply to this question.
When I was talking about the app sandbox, I was trying to describe the new secureUDID (I have also seen it called CFUUID) that apple has used to replace the old UDID. I want the user to be able to send an identifier to a service and the cordova UUID sounds like it would work perfectly. Is that available yet in MobiOne?

[walt]

ignore my last post, I found you answer here: http://www.genuitec.com/support-genuitec/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2327

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