How to get the device's IMEI/ESN programmatically in android?

Question

To identify each devices uniquely I would like to use the IMEI (or ESN number for CDMA devices). How to access this programmatically?

Answer 1

From: http://mytechead.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/how-to-get-imei-number-of-android-device/:

The following code helps in obtaining IMEI number of android devices :

TelephonyManager tm = (TelephonyManager)getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
String device_id = tm.getDeviceId();

Permissions required in Android Manifest:

android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE

NOTE: In case of tablets or devices which can’t act as Mobile Phone IMEI will be null.