Android Q has restricted to access for both IMEI and serial no. It is available only for platform and apps with special carrier permission. Also the permission READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE is not available for non platform apps.
If you try to access it throws below exception
java.lang.SecurityException: getImeiForSlot: The user 10180 does not meet the requirements to access device identifiers.
But when I actually tried to implement it, I am receiving this exception:
java.lang.SecurityException: getDeviceId: The user 10132 does not meet the requirements to access device identifiers.
Someone had reported this on google's issue tracker where a Googler said that this is intended behaviour and IMEI on Q+ is only available for system level apps.
Status: Won't Fix (Intended Behavior) This is Working As Intended.
IMEI is a personal identifier and this is not given out to apps as a
matter of policy. There is no workaround.
This just would not work as of Android Q. Third party apps can not use IMEI nor the serial number of a phone and other non-resettable device identifiers.
The only permissions that are able to use those is READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE and that cannot be used by any third party apps - Manufacture and Software Applications. If you use that method you will get an error Security exception or get null .
As the best practices suggest. " you can avoid using hardware identifiers, such as SSAID (Android ID) and IMEI, without limiting required functionality."
Rather go for an instance ID such as String uniqueID = UUID.randomUUID().toString(); or FirebaseInstanceId.getInstance().getId();
They mentioned:
If your app is the device or profile owner app, you need only the READ_PHONE_STATE permission to access non-resettable device identifiers, even if your app targets Android 10 or higher.
I tried deploying via EMM as device owner app but not success.
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.
So, Instead of imei you can get Android unique ID.
Just copy the method and use it. It will definitely. However, you might know you can't get IMEI in android Q (version 10). In this code, you can get a unique identifier (alternative id) through any device or any API level.
It works 100%
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