unable to fetch IMEI number on android 10

[Amal8906]

Expected behaviour

Fetch IMEI number on android 10

Actual behaviour

IMEI number return null

I'm seeing this behaviour on

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• iOS device
• iOS simulator
• [ x] Android device
• Android emulator

I am using

• [x ] cordova
• [ x] ionic
• PhoneGap
• PhoneGap Developer App
• Intel XDK
• Intel App Preview
• Telerik
• Other:

Hardware models

Example: Samsung Galaxy S6, iPhone 6s

OS versions

Example: Android 4.4.2, iOS 9.2

I've checked these

• It happens on a fresh Cordova CLI project as well.
• I'm waiting for deviceready to fire.
• My JavaScript has no errors (window.onerror catches nothing).
• [x ] I'm using the latest cordova library, Android SDK, Xcode, etc.

So how can we reproduce this?

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[faugusztin]

That is an OS limitation, nothing can be done about it :
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/10/privacy/changes#non-resettable-device-ids

Restriction on non-resettable device identifiers
Starting in Android 10, apps must have the READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE privileged permission in order to access the device's non-resettable identifiers, which include both IMEI and serial number.
Caution: Third-party apps installed from the Google Play Store cannot declare privileged permissions.

If your app doesn't have the permission and you try asking for information about non-resettable identifiers anyway, the platform's response varies based on target SDK version:
If your app targets Android 10 or higher, a SecurityException occurs.
If your app targets Android 9 (API level 28) or lower, the method returns null or placeholder data if the app has the READ_PHONE_STATE permission. Otherwise, a SecurityException occurs.

[Amal8906]

In Android 10 IEMI No is encrypted with Android App Id.

try {

if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    deviceId = Settings.Secure.getString(
            getContentResolver(),
            Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID);
} else {
    final TelephonyManager mTelephony = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
    if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, permission.READ_PHONE_STATE) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
        // TODO: Consider calling
        //    ActivityCompat#requestPermissions
        // here to request the missing permissions, and then overriding
        //   public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,
        //                                          int[] grantResults)
        // to handle the case where the user grants the permission. See the documentation
        // for ActivityCompat#requestPermissions for more details.
        return;
    }
    if (mTelephony.getDeviceId() != null) {
        deviceId = mTelephony.getDeviceId();
    } else {
        deviceId = Settings.Secure.getString(
                getContentResolver(),
                Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID);
    }
}

} catch (Exception ex) {

String erro = ex.getMessage();

}

[Amal8906]

Native developer can access with the above code snippet.

[faugusztin]

Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID is not IMEI. It is a unique ID, but not IMEI.
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.Secure#ANDROID_ID

On Android 8.0 (API level 26) and higher versions of the platform, a 64-bit number (expressed as a hexadecimal string), unique to each combination of app-signing key, user, and device.

Also the value of ANDROID_ID is available via cordova-plugin-device in the device.uuid value, there is no point in duplicating functionality. Relevant line of cordova-plugin-device :
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-device/blob/master/src/android/Device.java#L111

[eliadAfeka]

is there going to be updated soon ? at the moment the plugin cannot work in android 10