(#) Hardware Id Usage !!! WARNING: Hardware Id Usage This is a warning. Id : `HardwareIds` Summary : Hardware Id Usage Severity : Warning Category : Security Platform : Android Vendor : Android Open Source Project Feedback : https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708 Since : 2.2.0 (September 2016) Affects : Kotlin and Java files Editing : This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor See : https://developer.android.com/training/articles/user-data-ids.html Implementation : [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-checks/src/main/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/HardwareIdDetector.java) Tests : [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/HardwareIdDetectorTest.kt) Using these device identifiers is not recommended other than for high value fraud prevention and advanced telephony use-cases. For advertising use-cases, use `AdvertisingIdClient$Info#getId` and for analytics, use `InstanceId#getId`. (##) Example Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text src/test/pkg/AppUtils.java:8:Warning: Using getAddress to get device identifiers is not recommended [HardwareIds] return adapter.getAddress(); -------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is the source file referenced above: `src/test/pkg/AppUtils.java`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~java linenumbers package test.pkg; import android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter; public class AppUtils { public String getBAddress() { BluetoothAdapter adapter = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(); return adapter.getAddress(); } } ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can also visit the [source code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/HardwareIdDetectorTest.kt) for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios. The above example was automatically extracted from the first unit test found for this lint check, `HardwareIdDetector.testBluetoothAdapterGetAddressCall`. To report a problem with this extracted sample, visit https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708. (##) Suppressing You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms: * Using a suppression annotation like this on the enclosing element: ```kt // Kotlin @Suppress("HardwareIds") fun method() { getAddress(...) } ``` or ```java // Java @SuppressWarnings("HardwareIds") void method() { getAddress(...); } ``` * Using a suppression comment like this on the line above: ```kt //noinspection HardwareIds problematicStatement() ``` * Using a special `lint.xml` file in the source tree which turns off the check in that folder and any sub folder. A simple file might look like this: ```xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <lint> <issue id="HardwareIds" severity="ignore" /> </lint> ``` Instead of `ignore` you can also change the severity here, for example from `error` to `warning`. You can find additional documentation on how to filter issues by path, regular expression and so on [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/lintxml.md.html). * In Gradle projects, using the DSL syntax to configure lint. For example, you can use something like ```gradle lintOptions { disable 'HardwareIds' } ``` In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }` block. * For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag: ``` $ lint --ignore HardwareIds ...` ``` * Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).