How to get Advertising ID in android programmatically

Question

I want to get users Advertising ID programmatically.I used the below code from the developer site.But its not working

         Info adInfo = null;
                   


        

Answer 1

Just in case someone is interested in trying out the fetching AdvertisingId part while Rx-ing then this might be helpful.

private void fetchAndDoSomethingWithAdId() {
    Observable.fromCallable(new Callable<String>() {
        @Override
        public String call() throws Exception {
            return AdvertisingIdClient.getAdvertisingIdInfo(context).getId();
        }
    })
              .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
              .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
              .subscribe(new Action1<String>() {
                  @Override
                  public void call(String id) {
                     //do what you want to do with id for e.g using it for tracking
                  }
              }, new Action1<Throwable>() {
                  @Override
                  public void call(Throwable throwable) {
                      throwable.printStackTrace();
                  }
              });
}

Answer 2

Fetch the advertising id from background thread:

    AsyncTask.execute(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            try {
                AdvertisingIdClient.Info adInfo = AdvertisingIdClient.getAdvertisingIdInfo(mContext);
                String adId = adInfo != null ? adInfo.getId() : null;
                // Use the advertising id
            } catch (IOException | GooglePlayServicesRepairableException | GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException exception) {
                // Error handling if needed
            }
        }
    });

I added null checks to prevent any crashes. The Google example implementation code would crash with a NullPointerException if an exception occures.

Answer 3

You only need this package: implementation("com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-identifier:17.0.0") It's not really listed anywhere but it's published on Mavne.

Get Google Services using GoogleApiAvailabilityLight.getInstance

Answer 4

With OS validation.

Call this in an AsyncTask

/** Retrieve the Android Advertising Id 
     * 
     * The device must be KitKat (4.4)+ 
     * This method must be invoked from a background thread.
     * 
     * */
    public static synchronized String getAdId (Context context) {

        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
            return null;
        }

        AdvertisingIdClient.Info idInfo = null;
        try {
            idInfo = AdvertisingIdClient.getAdvertisingIdInfo(context);
        } catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (GooglePlayServicesRepairableException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        String advertId = null;
        try{
            advertId = idInfo.getId();
        }catch (NullPointerException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return advertId;
    }

Answer 5

import com.google.android.gms.ads.identifier.AdvertisingIdClient.Info;


Info adInfo = null;

try {
     adInfo = AdvertisingIdClient.getAdvertisingIdInfo(mContext);
} catch (IOException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
} catch (GooglePlayServicesAvailabilityException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
} catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
}

String AdId = adInfo.getId();

You need add gms libs otherwise you cannot get the advertising id. It can be reset by user or when you do a factory reset (at factory reset time the Android id also reset).

Answer 6

You can call the below function in onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) of the activity

and in the logcat search for UIDMY then it will display the id like : I/UIDMY: a1cf5t4e-9eb2-4342-b9dc-10cx1ad1abe1

void getUIDs()
{
    AsyncTask.execute(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            try {
                AdvertisingIdClient.Info adInfo = AdvertisingIdClient.getAdvertisingIdInfo(SplashScreen.this);
                String myId = adInfo != null ? adInfo.getId() : null;

               Log.i("UIDMY",myId);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                 Toast toast = Toast.makeText(conext, "error occured ", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
    toast.setGravity(gravity, 0,0);
    toast.show();

            }
        }
    });
}