In my iPhone/iPad app's use case, there is a voting system and one device can send its vote once to the server. Therefore my server needs to identify user's device. I don't want the user to register an account because that makes the app complicate. However, I couldn't find a solution that works.
- UDID is deprecated
- I presume getting MAC address will get your app rejected by the app review process
- I tried creating my own UUID using
[[NSUUID UUID] UUIDString]
and then storing it usingNSUserDefaults
, but the settings disappear if the user uninstalls the app identifierForVendor
is also reset when the user uninstalls the app- I considered
advertisingIdentifier
but because I'm not using it for advertisement, I presume it will also be rejected by the app review process
I'm not asking for a bulletproof solution in every situation. Just a solution that works even if the user uninstalls the app. Because I can generate my own UUID, I guess my question boils down to: How I can save data for the app that survives app uninstallation?
However if any of you have other approach, please feel free to inform me. Thanks.